Thursday 25 September 2014

First Lesson

2D Animation - 6 weeks

What techniques are needed for a good animation?


  • Good storyline
  • Interesting characters
  • Animate acting shots, one phrase at a time
  • Facial animation, not just poses
What is the principle for animation?

  • Created frame by frame (stop-frame)
  • Squash and stretch (give a sense of weight and flexibility to drawn objects)
  • Anticipation (prepare the audience for an action)
  • Timing (number of drawings for a given action)
  • Exaggeration (alterations in the physical features of a character)

Paper Animation - 
South Park      

A-ha - Take On Me - Official Music Video 


Rotoscoping 
      Animation technique in which animators trace over footage, frame by frame, for use in live-action and animated films.

Cutout
     Animation technique for production animations using flat characters, props and backgrounds cut from materials such as paper, card or stiff fabric. 

Stop motion
     Animation technique to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own. 


A Scanner Darkly

1977 Sci-Fi novel by Philip K. Dick
2006 film by Richard Linklater

Robert Downey Jr.
Keanu Reeves

            

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