Experimentation

To begin this project, along with a group, I carried out some experimentations with different types of animation. We carried out 5 different styles in total and the final videos are shown below.

 

The first activity we tried was sand animation. I believed this to be very successful for a first go. Although we had some camera shake, we managed to establish the basic principles of animation and made the finished video conform to the persistence of vision where one picture is shown every two frames. The finished video is below...

 

The second activity we tried was pixilation. Pixilation is the animation of real people, photographing every move. I believed this to be a very successful - we managed to combine two sequences of animation into one scene. Our first section was of a person getting off of a bench. We photographed every single move and got a fluent animation. This shot conformed to the anticipation principle of animation as his hands went behind his head before he stretched. Also in this video we were able to create a flying animation. We used a layout of the floor tiles to make each shot equal. This shows the staging and timing principles of animation. The final animation is shown below...

 

The third activity we tried was small object - in this case we had small cars. We were looking to fulfil the squash and stretch and secondary action principles. I believe that it wasn't the most successful however the finished video looked quite good. The final video is below... 

 

 

 

 

The penultimate activity we carried out was the dough. This was our most unsuccessful video due to a lack of ideas and execution. We only managed to shoot about 10 frames, making this video very short. The aim was to create an under water scene. Our video is below...

 

 

The final activity was cut out. We created a basic scene which conformed to the secondary action and the follow through / overlap. I believed this to be simple but successful.  Video show below...

 

 

 

To conclude the experimentation section of my blog, I believe that all the animations we produced were useful in aiding us through the research stage of animation. We managed to make each video conform to at least on of the principles of animation and all followed the rule of the persistence of vision.