This is the video that I created using Zu3D. It's very basic and not particularly good, this session was created to allow us to get familiar with using Zu3D and to allow us time to explore all the different tools available. I did find it quite frustrating to use at first, but I'm sure that it's just a case of being new to the programme and needing to familiarise myself with it. Although I found it quite frustrating, I am looking forward to hopefully using Zu3D again in order to develop my skills on there to create animatons that are fun to watch as well as educational.
Wednesday, 26 February 2014
My animation - Zu3D
This is the video that I created using Zu3D. It's very basic and not particularly good, this session was created to allow us to get familiar with using Zu3D and to allow us time to explore all the different tools available. I did find it quite frustrating to use at first, but I'm sure that it's just a case of being new to the programme and needing to familiarise myself with it. Although I found it quite frustrating, I am looking forward to hopefully using Zu3D again in order to develop my skills on there to create animatons that are fun to watch as well as educational.
Wednesday, 19 February 2014
Phenakistoscope
A phenakistoscope is a spinning disk that is divided in to sections (this is variable) and a photo is drawn on to each section. Each photo follows on from the previous one however it moves slightly, similar principal to making clay animation I guess, in order to promote an illusion of motion. The creator then spins the disk whilst looking at its reflection ib a mirror through the splits created in order to create the effect of a continuous motion.
We then went on to make our own. We decided to keep it quite simple as we had never done one before and some of the ideas the popped up on google were very difficult. So, as shown below, we created a disk with photos of ballons which would create the illusion of the ballon flying away. It was difficult to get each ballon looking exactly the same shape as the previous one and we were unsure of how much to actually move the ballown up for the next section although we gave it our best shot. We were please with how it turned out although when we tested it through the use of a mirror, me Stacey and Rhiannon all agreed that it was very difficult the get the right angle looking at the reflection in order to see the motion effectively. Never the less we all enjoyed doing it and it was so hands on and allowed us to just get stuck in!!
Here is also a video of the illusion that can potentially be created through the use of a Phenakistoscope that I found on YouTube.
We then went on to make our own. We decided to keep it quite simple as we had never done one before and some of the ideas the popped up on google were very difficult. So, as shown below, we created a disk with photos of ballons which would create the illusion of the ballon flying away. It was difficult to get each ballon looking exactly the same shape as the previous one and we were unsure of how much to actually move the ballown up for the next section although we gave it our best shot. We were please with how it turned out although when we tested it through the use of a mirror, me Stacey and Rhiannon all agreed that it was very difficult the get the right angle looking at the reflection in order to see the motion effectively. Never the less we all enjoyed doing it and it was so hands on and allowed us to just get stuck in!!
Here is also a video of the illusion that can potentially be created through the use of a Phenakistoscope that I found on YouTube.
Thaumatrope
In this lesson Mandy introduced to us what a thaumatrope was and then we had the chance to make our own. The basic principal of a thaumatrope is that by drawing similar photos on either side of a round piece of card, and then spinning it once complete would create the visual effect of a moving object or a physical motion - the photo would change in some way. It was simple to make once I had the idea although I did struggle, as well as many others in the classroom, with getting the positioning of the string either side of the card right in order to ensure that the thaumatrope would spin effectively.
Wednesday, 12 February 2014
Claymation
Claymation can be explained, in its simplest terms, as of the use of creating models out of clay, and moving them slightly whilst taking still photos and then sequencing them together in order to make it look like one continuous movement. Famous examples are productions such as Wallace and Grommit and Pingu.
There is a definition I found on-line that describes a Claymation production as "artists sculpt the characters out of clay and often support the sculpture with wire moulds underneath. To create the illusion of movement, the position of the sculpted characters is altered slightly in every still photo, or frame. Just like other forms of animation, claymation generally requires a storyboard or background for the characters to be set against and to develop what they will do or say" (http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-claymation.htm)
There is a definition I found on-line that describes a Claymation production as "artists sculpt the characters out of clay and often support the sculpture with wire moulds underneath. To create the illusion of movement, the position of the sculpted characters is altered slightly in every still photo, or frame. Just like other forms of animation, claymation generally requires a storyboard or background for the characters to be set against and to develop what they will do or say" (http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-claymation.htm)
The Last Animation I Watched
The last animation I watched was Despicable Me 2. I absolutely love both the films I think they are hilarious and the minions are to die for. The second film is basically about Gru (the guy with the big nose) who has changed from being a crook to a good person since the first film, being asked to undercover to try and detect another crook by some 'anti-vilan' company. But basically by doing so he needs to become mean again and also, of course, he falls in love and at the end of the film he has to save the love of life and then they marry and live happily ever after :D:D:D
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