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In traditional animated film production, a transparent sheet of celluloid on which a single phase of animation is drawn. Several such sheets are layered on top of one another for one image.
Für eine Sekunde Film wurden früher 24 von Hand bemalte Cells benötigt.
In the past, 24 hand-painted cels were needed for one second of film.
The German word 'das Cell' is used almost exclusively for the animation cel. The English word 'cell' has many other meanings, e.g. biological cell, prison cell, battery cell, which have different words in German.
In der Biologie spricht man von 'der Zelle', nicht 'dem Cell'.
In biology, people say 'die Zelle' (the cell), not 'dem Cell'.
'Das Cell' is a technical term from traditional animated film production. Outside this context, the word is practically not used.
Im Museum für Filmgeschichte kann man originale Cells aus berühmten Zeichentrickfilmen sehen.
In the museum of film history, you can see original cels from famous animated films.
The name 'Cell' is an abbreviation of the material 'Zelluloid' (celluloid), from which the transparent sheets were originally made. This information helps you remember the meaning.
Die Animatoren malten direkt auf das teure Zelluloid.
The animators painted directly onto the expensive celluloid.
film / slide
'Folie' and 'Cell' can both mean a thin, transparent sheet. 'Folie' is the general word and fits many everyday situations, for example when wrapping or protecting something. 'Cell' is much more specific: it belongs to traditional animated film production and means a transparent sheet on which a single phase of animation is drawn. The words can be confused because a cel is indeed a type of film sheet. In normal everyday life, however, people almost always say 'Folie'; 'Cell' only fits in the context of animation or film technology.
Im Museum sahen wir ein altes Cell aus einem bekannten Trickfilm.
At the museum, we saw an old cel from a well-known animated film.
Für das Bastelprojekt schneidet Lena eine durchsichtige Folie zurecht.
For the craft project, Lena cuts a transparent sheet of film to size.