Assignment January 29, 2020 - Create your short movies Using Premiere or Photoshop

Today I can not be in class. 

Use the following links to create movies of your recent works in Adobe Premiere.

https://cpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.brighton.ac.uk/dist/7/67/files/2016/11/SETTING-UP-PREMIERE-FOR-STOPMOTION-25vldd0.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82RM7ZpldxM


You should create 4 short movies

Whiteboard animation
Stopping and starting - 3 seconds at 12 fps (Frames per second)
Speeding up and slowing down (Frames per second)
Original animation using all of the above elements

Do your best.

You may also use Adobe Photoshop if Premiere is too challenging at the moment

https://petapixel.com/2019/12/11/photoshop-101-how-to-create-a-stop-motion-animation/

Persistence of Vision - Create a Thaumatrope

Objectives
Today we will explore the phenomena of “persistence of vision”, and make a replica 19th Century toy illustrating the principle. Students should also understand that these devices were precursors to the invention of the movie film camera. 

Concept
Animation has a rich history, dating from prehistoric cave paintings through to today’s high tech 3D animation simulating real life; this is credited to a phenomenon called “persistence of vision”. 

Animation history begins with a simple mechanical toy called the “Thaumatrope”. This optical toy was in wide circulation in Europe and America in the 19th Century. The toy was very simple - a paper disc attached to two pieces of string. Each side ofthe disk had a drawing, a classic being one side a bird, the other a cage. The disk was twirled by twisting the strings between the fingers. This produced an effect of blending the two images together; the bird was in the cage. 



This perceptual phenomenon is known as the “persistence of vision”. 

Our eyes hold on to images for slightly longer than they are actually projected. Rather than a blur we perceive the images as a continuous picture. This phenomenon is used to its greatest effect in television and films, where rapid sequences of still images give the illusion of movement.

Tasks

Build a Thaumatrope. Use a piece of heavy cardboard to produce some paper discs. Use a hole punch to make two holes on opposite sides of the disc. Thread some string though the holes and the Thaumatrope is complete. Recreate the bird in a cage effect, or try something else. Experiment with photographs cut out from magazines, on one side of the disc stick the photograph of a celebrity, on the other draw in glasses, a beard, hat or whatever comes to mind. The image above shows a completed Thaumatrope.

Stop Motion Research

Here are some very important people in the history of stop motion. You will be researching each of these people.

For each person, answer the following:

When did they live?
Where were they from, what country did they work in?
What is a movie that they created?
What is a significant contribution to the art of stop motion animation attributed to them?

For each person, find a clip of each their work on youtube and  add the link to your answer.


Edward Muybridge

Emile Cohl

Willis O'Brien

J. Stuart Blackton

Ladislas Starevich

aleksandr ptushko

Joop Geesnik

Art Clokey

Michael Myerberg - Hansel and Gretel, an Opera Fantasy

Ray Harryhausen

Will Vinton

Brothers Quay

Peter Lord

Nick Park

Tim Burton

Create Your Blog

Today we will each use blogger to create our own blog for this class.

You will upload projects and document your progress as you work throughout the semester. This is where you will also upload your final portfolio.

You automatically have an account in blogger because you have your school google account. You will use the same login and password as your Ozark google mail.

We'll do this together and i will walk you through the process. Hint... if you took my Art foundations class last year then you've already done this! 

Let's get started! 

Create a new blog and create the web address in the following format:

firstnamelastinitialohs3dspring20

for example: johnnycohs3dspring20

You may title the blog however you'd like.

When you are done email the address of your blog to me at johncazort@ozarktigers.org

PLEASE USE A SIMPLE THEME!!!!!

Welcome to 3D Design

Good afternoon and welcome to 3 Dimensional Design. Today we'll go over the syllabus and take a look at some examples of stop-motion animation.


Also, search for examples of sculpture and animation that appeals to you. We'll share next time.