Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)
4. Visual Works (hierarchy name)
5. visual works (works)
6. [visual works by material or technique]
7. drawings (visual works)
8. [drawings by material or technique]

Narrower term/s

• limited edition cels
• serigraph cels
• courvoisiers (animation cels)
• nitrate cels
• cel set-ups
• production cels

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to drawings on sheets of clear acetate or nitrate, where the outline of the figures are applied to the front of the cel, and the color is applied to the back. The sheet is typically placed over a background image and photographed, along with a series of other animation cels that together depict phased movements of the figures.