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When an animator begins the animation process they will often start by drawing the most important frames in the sequence. For instance, if they were animating a person kicking a soccer ball, the animator would have a frame of the person standing, the person with their leg back preparing to kick, the foot contacting the soccer ball and then one with the ball flying through the air. These are the keyframes and the indicate the general direction of the movement being created. Later, the animator will go back through the sequence and draw all the frames inbetween the keyframes to create the finished smooth movement.

Why yes I do! Here you go.

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Two possible reasons for something not being in the index:
1) I haven't gotten around to it yet. Keyframe's indexes are ever evolving entities with new films/series/etc. being added all the time.

2) The film has not been added because of inappropriate content. Keyframe maintains a Web-G rating and as such I feel some responsibility to keep the content safe for all viewers. The site does profile animation with graphic violence, nudity, vulgar language, etc. but anything "questionable" has to be prescreened by me first so that I can write up the appropriate Viewer Warning for the profile. Compound that, if it's questionable and I can't find a copy to prescreen then I won't add it in any form.

Yes, indeed most films these days feature everything from fully animated characters to animated environments however, to keep from going mad trying to profile even more films, I decided to draw a somewhat arbitrary line in the sand. Keyframe excludes films which uses animation for photo-realistic special effects that are meant to blend seamlessly into the live-action. However, films which combine live action and 'animation meant to appear like animation', such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and Jan Svankmajer's Alice, can be found in the Part Live-Action section.

To be in the Animated Voices Index an actor must fulfill one of two criteria:
1) The actor must have provided a voice in more than one animated project. Note, that is more than one animated project already profiled in Keyframe and I only list voice actors credited with specific characters, not under the Additional Voices category.

2) The actor must have had a recognizable live-action role. This is how actors like John Cusack (Dimitri in "Anastasia") and Kevin Spacey (Hopper in "A Bug's Life") get in the index. Plus, the definition of 'recognizable' is at my discretion.

By and large, no. I don't like pop-up ads or banners and neither do my users. Keyframe's meager revenue stream comes through affiliate arrangements only (ie. Amazon, eBay and AllPosters.com) and any product advertised on Keyframe ALWAYS has something to do with animation.

The images from the animated films/tv series/etc. belong to their respective studios and they are not mine to give or withhold. That said, one thing I won't tolerate on Keyframe is bandwidth theft because when it runs rampant it can raise the costs associated with running this site. The site has strict protection against bandwidth thieves, so if you try to direct link to the images on a forum or in your blog, you will not see an image.