14. The computer-implemented method of claim 12 , wherein each of said first and second positions of said character, object or background are first and second locations of said character, object or background, respectively.
12. A computer-implemented method for creating animated video content, comprising: selecting a first scene, from a set of scenes stored in a computer-based memory, into which one or more characters, objects, or backgrounds are placed, said first selected scene comprising a first set of scene attribute settings, wherein said first selected scene comprises a character, object, or background disposed in a first position; selecting a second scene, from the set of scenes stored in the computer-based memory, into which one or more characters, objects or backgrounds are placed, said second selected scene comprising a second set of scene attribute settings, wherein said second selected scene comprises said character, object, or background disposed in a second position different than said first position; providing a timeline on a computer interface of an animation system into which said first scene and said second scene are inserted in a time-wise manner among other scenes; assigning a first scene characteristic control label to said timeline on said computer interface overlaying at least a portion of a length of said first scene and a second scene characteristic control label to said timeline on said computer interface overlaying at least a portion of a length of said second scene, wherein said assignment of said first and second scene characteristic control labels to said timeline set scene attribute settings for said portion of the length of said first scene and said second scene in accordance with a meaning associated with said first and second scene characteristic control labels; assigning to said timeline on said computer interface a scene transition label, from a set of scene transition labels, to overlap a portion of said first scene and said second scene on said timeline to thereby set said first set of scene attribute settings for one or more characters or objects in said first selected scene and said second set of scene attribute settings for one or more characters or objects in said second selected scene, such that a transition between said first selected scene and said selected second scene in said animated video content occurs in accordance with an emotional meaning associated with said scene transition label to control the transition between said character, object or background disposed in said first position and said character, object, or background disposed in said second position; and inserting a plurality of animated transition frames between said first selected scene and said second selected scene during which said character, object or background transitions from said first position to said second position.