animated movie

Illustrated feature film

An animated movie is a film created through animation rather than live-action photography—the images are drawn, painted, computer-generated, or otherwise constructed frame by frame.

The term covers everything from hand-drawn Disney classics to Pixar's CGI features to stop-motion films: We took the kids to see the new animated movie.

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opening weekend · family friendly · claymation · anthropomorphic · voice actors · voice acting · screenwriters · directors · character design · visual effects · scriptwriting · music composition · Pixar · producers · motion capture · sound engineers · CGI · heartwarming

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production method

animated moviedocumentary

Factual film about reality

newsreel · cinéma vérité · photographic film · theatrical film · nature documentary

perceived realism

animated moviedocumentary footage

Recorded non-fiction visual material

reality television · surveillance footage · raw footage

perceived audience/tone

animated moviearthouse film

Unconventional, artistic movie

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Top 50,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G