Final Piece

Evaluation

The aim of the project was to bring to light the importance of recycling, although from the the research i under took i realised that there is still alot of energy used in the recycling process, such as sterilizing, reshaping and transporting the recyclable material. This is not cheap and all the processes need to be powered whether it is for fossil fuels via petrol or electricity it can still have a negative effect on the environment. So my slogan is reuse where ever possible and then recycle, recycling is still far better than just 'throwing away' your rubbish. The video i created showed rubbish transforming, this is a meant to show the possible that recycling and reusing can have.

All in all the project went well i would have liked to add more however it was a little more time consuming than i first through. The biggest issues i faced was lighting from the research and discussion undertaken in class i knew lighting would be an important factor so i insured i had plenty of lighting, both natural and lamps. However i found that the lamps had a more focused light that would reflect off the materials i was using (aluminium cans) and this reflection made the images unclear and the video look poor quality, so i tried to use natural lighting as much as possible.

Chroma Keying

Chroma Keying

Chroma keying or more well known as ‘green/blue screen’, it is a special effects technique where the user can layer together two separate video’s or images, most famously would be weather forecast broadcasts but it Is also commonly used in films and video games, an actor or actress acts out a scene in front of a coloured screen, anything that is the colour of the screen is replaced by another image making it appear as though the actor/actress in that location, the obvious thing to remember is that anything that is that colour will show up with the image on it which can limit other colours in a scene, particularly clothing and this can be a time-consuming process. However if you want your actor/actress to have a missing limbs or even floating head it will work perfectly.

• Usually screens are green or blue because these colours are furthest away from skin tone.
• It was developed in 1930 and is credited to Larry Butler.
• The first movie which used chroma keying in a simpler way as it is now would be ‘The Thief of Bagdad’ (1940) which won Academy Award for Visual Effects.

These are just a couple of examples:
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The Importance of Sound

The Importance of Sound in Movie and Animations.

When you first think about a film or animation you essentially think visual but you cannot underestimate the importance of sound. Music can instil emotions in the viewer and help intensify their feelings, or try to create a different emotion to shock or scare the viewer. For example some films will play slow and quiet music to build tension before a surprise moment. The ‘jaws’ music is famous for building up the viewer’s anticipation whereas ‘The Titanic’ brings other emotions such as love and loss.

My Second Attempt at ZU3D

Thaumatrope, Zoetrope and Phenakistoscope

Thaumatrope

A thaumatrope is a piece of card with picture or photo on both sides attached to rubber bands/string and when it is spun quickly the two images appear to combine and produce a single image. It was a popular toy in the Victorian times. They are widely thought of as inspiration to cinematography and in particular animation. It is generally agreed that an the Englishman John Ayrton Paris invented The Thaumatrope in 1826.

How to make a thaumatrope :

Step 1: Grab a firm bit of material, cardboard works best and cut out a circle.

Step 2: Now draw a picture on each side of the cardboard, the key to this is trying to keep both pictures central in the circle. The pictures must align for the image to appear correctly.

Step 3: Cut two holes in the at the top and bottom of the circle.

Step 4: Now insert a rubber band though the hole loop it over and pull tight, do this to both holes.

Step 5: Finally firmly hold both rubber bands and carefully twist/wing up the cardboard circle, then release. You have created a thaumatrope.




I also had go trying to create the illusion of movement it this was my result:

Zoetrope

A zoetrope create the illusion of motion by quickly spinning pictures. It is a cylinder with vertical slit cut into it which you user looks though, the images are on the inside and when spun at the right speed produces the illusion of motion, and the slit stops the images blurring together. The earliest record zoetrope was found in China around 180 AD. The zoetrope has many similarity to the modern day stop-motion animation that I will be creating, both uses picture/frame played sequence at a rapid speed to produce the illusion of motion, the processes/software that I will be using are much quicker, easier and produce a better finished result along with more option to experiment but the idea is basically the same.

Pixar produced a 3D zoetrope for its touring exhibition and features characters from it’s very popular movie Toy Story.

Phenakistoscope

The phenakistoscope was invented in 1832 by Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau a Belgian Physicist. A phenakistoscope is fundamentally two wheels that have picture/drawing on, and when placed in front of a mirror and a single user can look thought gaps in the wheel and when spun produces a basic animation reflecting the mirror.

Animation as a Learning Tool, Padlet

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