How do I create a moving changing animating gif in tkinter, Python

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Python3.6

I have encountered a problem whilst creating a changing animation in python 3, tkinter. I was trying to create a changing player gif animation when I found that the animation was not changing when I clicked the different keys that were previously defined. The error is that frames is not defined and I do not know how to define frames without it interfering

Here is my code:

from tkinter import *
import os
import time

root = Tk()

LEFT_CHAR = input('LEFT BUTTON: ')
RIGHT_CHAR = input('RIGHT BUTTON: ')
UP_CHAR = input('UP BUTTON: ')
DOWN_CHAR = input('DOWN BUTTON: ')
ATK_CHAR = input('ATTACK BUTTON: ')

movespeed = 20

canvasH = 900
canvasW = 1200

animspdIDLE = 300
animspdATK = 300
animspdLEFT = 300
animspdRIGHT = 300
animspdUP = 300
animspdDOWN = 300

framerangeIDLE = 2
framerangeATK = 2
framerangeLEFT = 2
framerangeRIGHT = 2
framerangeUP = 2
framerangeDOWN = 2

def animcontrollermethod(event):

    if event.char == LEFT_CHAR:
        frames = [PhotoImage(file =(os.path.expanduser("~/Desktop/DaQueenLEFT.gif")),format = 'gif -index %i' % (i)) for i in range(framerangeLEFT)]
        currentframelength = framerangeLEFT
        animspdcurrent = animspdLEFT

    elif event.char == RIGHT_CHAR:
        frames = [PhotoImage(file=(os.path.expanduser("~/Desktop/DaQueenRIGHT.gif")),format = 'gif -index %i' % (i)) for i in range(framerangeRIGHT)]
        currentframelength = framerangeRIGHT
        animspdcurrent = animspdRIGHT

    elif event.char == UP_CHAR:
        frames = [PhotoImage(file=(os.path.expanduser("~/Desktop/DaQueenUP.gif")),format = 'gif -index %i' (i)) for i in range(framerangeUP)]
        currentframelength = framerangeUP
        animspdcurrent = animspdUP

    elif event.char == DOWN_CHAR:
        frames = [PhotoImage(file=(os.path.expanduser("~/Desktop/DaQueenDOWN.gif")),format = 'gif -index %i'(i)) for i in range(framerangeDOWN)]
        currentframelength = framerangeDOWN
        animspdcurrent = animspdDOWN

    elif event.char == ATK_CHAR:
        frames = [PhotoImage(file=(os.path.expanduser("~/Desktop/DaQueenATK.gif")),format = 'gif -index %i' % (i)) for i in range(framerangeATK)]
        currentframelength = framerangeATK
        animspdcurrent = animspdATK

    else:
        frames = [PhotoImage(file=(os.path.expanduser("~/Desktop/DaQueenIDLE.gif")),format = 'gif -index %i'% (i)) for i in range(framerangeIDLE)]
        currentframelength = framerangeIDLE
        animspdcurrent = animspdIDLE

def move(event):
    if event.char == UP_CHAR:
        c.move(character, 0, -movespeed)
    elif event.char == DOWN_CHAR:
        c.move(character, 0, movespeed)
    elif event.char == LEFT_CHAR:
        c.move(character, -movespeed, 0)
    elif event.char == RIGHT_CHAR:
        c.move(character, movespeed, 0)

c = Canvas(root,width = canvasW, height = canvasH)

c.bind("<KeyPress>",animcontrollermethod)
c.bind('<KeyPress>',move)

c.pack()
c.focus_set()

def update(ind):
    frame = frames[ind]
    ind += 1

    if ind >= currentframelength:
        ind = 0

    c.itemconfig(character, image=frame)
    root.after(animspdcurrent, update, ind)

character = c.create_image((canvasW/2,canvasH/2), image=frames[0])

root.after(0, update, 0)
root.update()

root.mainloop()

EDIT: This code raises an ERROR saying frames is not defined. How can I define frames without it interfering and showing a single animation? My goal is to create a script so that when I press the certain key the animation changes based on what I pressed and moves in the appropriate direction.

Thank You for everything!

I have created this question on "StackOverflow"
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python - Creating a changing an image/gif in tkinter that can move using PhotoImage (without PIL) [UNANSWERED] - Stack Overflow[^]



What I have tried:

I have tried debugging my code I have spent 2 days trying to figure out what isn't working, checked the file names and get around a solution that works. What I thought was a plausible solution never seems to be a solution so I turned to the internet to aid me.