New Media Exploration

After watching Game of Thrones for the past few seasons I really started to appreciate the opening title sequence. I had no idea how it was made and what software they used, etc. So after researching a bit I found that it was made with Animation CGI {Computer Generated Imagery.} 

Still not clear on how CGI works, I researched a bit more and found this cute {and somewhat outdated} video on Youtube on how CGI works. Animated movies like Toy Story and the one below are far more visually appealing and detailed than old cartoons like the Roadrunner and Mickey Mouse our generation grew up with. Yet the base of all animation still surrounds around art and drawing which still happens to this day, it's just then scanned and then a software program is used from then on to make it realistic with shadows, colors and shapes, etc. {Right? Ha.} This is all totally new to me- so maybe my information is skewed, but it's so interesting to see how it all comes together and that fact that some frames take super long to make just for that one second change in scenery or whatever it may be. Below is the corny synopsis on how CGI works.