principles of stopmotion
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STOP MOTION ANIMATION
WHAT IS STOP MOTION ANIMATION?• FIND ME A DEFINITION• Examples of stop motion you can think of
Principles of animation•Time: the time it takes to make the action happen the
number of frames you need to move the object.
Principles of animation• The fewer frames, the faster, the more frames the longer
Principles of animation• For acceleration, increase the distance between movements, for deceleration decrease the movements gradually
Gravity• Things fall, think of your frame rate, and the force of the object you will drop
Persistence of vision• Persistence of vision is a theory that a strip of still images in any order can be given the effect of animation if viewed by the human eye at a certain rate.
• The human eye retains an image for 1/20th of a second, giving the illusion that a still image is animated
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcstc1ozczQ
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YismwdgMIRc
Overlapping and follow through• Parts of an object don’t all move at the same time, you have to think about where the
centre of gravity is and what momentum there is
Overlapping and follow through• Overlapping action" is the tendency for parts of the body to move at different rates
(an arm will move on different timing of the head and so on).• Follow through" means that the arm will continue moving ‘following through’ the
action after the elbow has stopped.
Arcs & Poses• Movement does not tend to be in straight lines, but follow curves or
arcs, to show more natural movement• Remember the pose is important in communicating action, the
animation is what happens between the frames
Anticipation
• A jumping figure, must bend its knees first so the audience can anticipate what will happen next, the head must urn to look into the off screen space so we can anticipate someone coming into frame
Secondary action
• Adding secondary actions to the main action gives a scene more life, • A person walking can simultaneously swing his arms or keep them in
his pockets, • The important thing about secondary actions is that they emphasize,
rather than take attention away from, the main action.
Development of animation timeline• What is a phenakistoscope and who invented it?• What is a zoetrope and who invented it?• What is a praxinoscope and who invented it• What is a kinetoscope and who invented it?
Developers of animation timeline• Who is WillIS o’brien and what key texts is he responsible for?• Who is ray harryhausen and what key texts is he responsible for?• Who is LEE HARDCASTLE?• What is aardman?• Who are the brothers quay?
examplesLOOK AT AN OLDER AND NEWER EXAMPLE OF A STOP MOTION AND PULL OUT TIMECODES OF THEM USING, OR NOT USING THE PRINCIPLES IN AN EFFECTIVE WAY
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Development of animation timeline• What is a phenakistoscope and who invented it?• What is a zoetrope and who invented it?• What is a praxinoscope and who invented it• What is a kinetoscope and who invented it?
Developers of animation timeline• Who is WillIS o’brien and what key texts is he responsible for?• Who is ray harryhausen and what key texts is he responsible for?• Who is LEE HARDCASTLE?• What is aardman?• Who are the brothers quay?
examplesLOOK AT AN OLDER AND NEWER EXAMPLE OF A STOP MOTION AND PULL OUT TIMECODES OF THEM USING, OR NOT USING THE PRINCIPLES IN AN EFFECTIVE WAY
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