Why 24 Frames Per Second?
You can even try 12 frames per second but the action you see will not be appealing. For live action movies the applicable rate is 30 frames per second and for TV animation, any drawing that is produced for an action will be exposed twice. That means, to produce a second of animated action you will need 12 drawings which is equal to 24 frames. The reason is to get some mileage. For features, exposure rate will be in 1’s and it all depends in what kind of an action whether it is a slow one or a fast one. For example, a fast running character should be exposed in 1’s. So that action looks very kinetic. This entire pattern comes under the concept of animation timing. Timings play a major role in animation, especially, in helping it defy the live action movies in extreme action like, Tom and Jerry’s cut to chase sequences. You might have wondered what makes TOM & JERRY performs those extreme actions and attain an elastic personality. This is the result of proper application of animation tim
