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Just Add Water. Animation Workshop 14 th & 21 st March 2012. A very brief history of animation. 1824 – Peter Mark Roget presented the idea that persistence of vision could create the illusion of motion

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  1. Just Add Water Animation Workshop 14th & 21st March 2012

  2. A very brief history of animation • 1824 – Peter Mark Roget presented the idea that persistence of vision could create the illusion of motion • 1895 – When movie cameras and projectors are invented, James Stuart Blackton creates ‘The Enchanted Drawing’ • 1928 – Walt Disney creates ‘Steamboat Willie’ the first animation with sound • 1937 – Disney releases ‘Snow White’ – the first feature-length animation

  3. More of the brief history of animation • 1972 – Ed Catmull develops an animating scripting language for computers • 1982 – ‘Tron’ was the first movie with CG premise • 1987 – John Lassetter at Pixar publishes a paper ‘Principles of Traditional Animation Applied to 3D Computer Animation’ • 1995 – ‘Toy Story’ is the first full-length 3D CG feature film

  4. The basics of stop frame animation Necessary tools – • A digital camera • Plenty of hard drive space to store photos • A tripod – for steady shots • Lighting – which needs to be constant within a scene • Video editing software

  5. Just add water What first comes to mind with the above words? – write it down here...

  6. Storyboards • Once you have an idea for your animation, it is good practice to create a storyboard before shooting the animation – that way you’ll know exactly what you need to shoot • You can also show the storyboard to others in your group to convey ideas quickly and easily • Here is a good website which explains this: http://accad.osu.edu/womenandtech/Storyboard%20Resource/

  7. Shooting your animation • Expect to shoot 10 photos for every second of animation • Using a tripod and only moving the object will make it look like it is moving through the frame • If you make a mistake whilst shooting, you can delete the photo and take another • Ensure you move your object slowly through several frames

  8. Uploading your photos • This varies from camera to camera and computer to computer • Save all your photos in a safe place on the computer • They are now ready for importing into a video editing program, such as iMovie(Mac program) • There are programs for Windows and Linux as well which can do this

  9. Editing your animation photos • Import your photos into iMovie or equivalent • Your photos should appear in order • Select a timing rate of 0.03 for all photos – 3 frames per photo – this means you will see 10 photos per second • 300 photos should give 10 seconds of animation • For finishing touches, sound or music can be added

  10. List of programs for editing • iMovie for Mac (usually preinstalled on Mac) • iStopMotion for Mac (around £30) • JPGVideo for Windows (free) • Windows Movie Maker (free) – part of Windows Live package • Stopmotion for Linux (free)

  11. Great examples of stop motion • Between You and Me – shot entirely in stop motion • Art of Motion – very clever, by Russell Wyner of the University of Rochester • A Town Called Panic, The Picnic – using toy figures • Animal Beatbox – Tropfest 2011 Winner, all cut-out animation • Robot Chicken Star Wars Trailer – toys again NB - All of the above are on YouTube

  12. References • AardmanDarkside, A Town Called Panic - The Picnic Part 1 - YouTube. Available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GARIlYCInXg&NR=1&feature=fvwp [Accessed March 9, 2012]. • Animators World, A Brief History Of Animation « Animators World. Available at: http://animatorsworld.wordpress.com/2010/07/07/a-brief-history-of-animation/ [Accessed March 9, 2012]. • Brown, C.S., Animation Timeline. Available at: http://www.cs.brown.edu/courses/cs229/animTimeline.html [Accessed March 9, 2012]. • Clayden, J., Basics of Stop Motion animation Tutorial Tips and Tricks. Available at: http://www.stopmotioncentral.com/articles-6.html [Accessed March 9, 2012]. • FI, A Short History of Animation. Available at: http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow5/may99/History/history.html [Accessed March 9, 2012]. • Matte, C., Make a Stop Motion Animated Movie. Available at: http://familyinternet.about.com/od/projects/ss/stopmotion.htm [Accessed March 9, 2012]. • Microsoft Windows, Windows Live Essentials: Movie Maker. Available at: http://explore.live.com/windows-live-essentials-movie-maker-get-started [Accessed March 9, 2012]. • O’Reilly, D., A Brief History of  Stop Motion animation. Available at: http://www.stopmotioncentral.com/articles-5.html [Accessed March 9, 2012]. • Photojojo, How to Make Stop-Motion Video Shorts with Your Digital Camera | Photojojo. Available at: http://content.photojojo.com/tutorials/stop-motion-digital-camera/ [Accessed March 9, 2012]. • Sk8king4life5, Robot chicken-star wars trailer - YouTube. Available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FbNOOFsVhg [Accessed March 9, 2012]. • Tropfest, ANIMAL BEATBOX - Tropfest 2011 Winner (TSI: “Key”) - YouTube. Available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxiSP_ch_oI [Accessed March 9, 2012]. • Women & Tech, storyboards. Available at: http://accad.osu.edu/womenandtech/Storyboard%20Resource/ [Accessed March 9, 2012].

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