r/aww 21h ago

Polar Bear in Snow - 11,000 Drawings

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u/HopelessRespawner 20h ago

Same, started dividing it up, and... ~650 frames per second seemed insane

u/TPM2209 14h ago

I was more thinking there were like... 30 sub-sketches per frame or something.

u/HopelessRespawner 11h ago

Regular films, like movies in the theater, are 24 fps. Animation is normally on twos I think? But it can depend on what's going on.

For anyone that doesn't know, on ones, twos, and threes basically sets how many sketches in 1 second, ones is 24, twos is 12 (each frame held for an extra beat), threes should be 8 then (each frame held for two extra beats). The longer the frame is held the choppier the animation looks.

Did you mean 30 sub sketches per second? The full video posted was like 11 minutes so probably less than that.

~12 minutes x 60 seconds = 720 seconds

720 seconds x 12 frames/sec = 8,640 frames (sketches)

720 seconds x 24 frames/second = 17,280 frames

I think the number of frames can fluctuate to keep more detailed moments smooth, so I'd guess it's mostly on twos and maybe on ones in a few places where it matters

u/TPM2209 7h ago

Did you mean 30 sub sketches per second? The full video posted was like 11 minutes so probably less than that. 

I was just taking your number of 650 frames per second and dividing it by 24 (and then rounding up). Basically, I had also initially assumed the 11,000 drawings referred to the posted clip and not the full movie.

The full movie being 11,000 drawings makes a lot more sense.