Why animation is relevent to Multimedia Technology

Animation is relevent multimedia technology because it is heavily used in Multimedia area. It will also be great use for my final group project as it will be a animation trailer therefore for choosing this module it has helped me immensely to experiment new and old animation software by this i mean new softwares which have been introduced to me like processing, toon boom and motion builder. old software such as flash, istop motion. It will also help me with my career in the near future.