Sunday, February 28, 2010
Stop Motion Animation of Falling
It took me a long time to create my animation and it still didn't turn out amazing! There was a lot of trial and error and adjusting of the frame. I used SAM animation which was really helpful. My web camera is attached to my computer so angling was a little difficult. I finally situated my camera and then smooshed my clay man against the wall in every position. It was nice to have the onion peel effect so I could try to position things somewhat correctly. I still wasn't perfectly straight. I then had to adjust the FPS, which I tried to use the chart that you showed us...it was difficult for me. I think I sort of got it right. I then exported the video to AVI and put it on YouTube. YAY
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I like it! The timing of the falling feels a little even but in your case that gave a sense that there was some air resistance so the acceleration is decreased as the falling approaches terminal velocity. It helped that your object was a clay man, making it feel like the fall was from a great height. That said, it still would have been better if you'd added more texture to the timing as well as some anticipation before the actual fall (say, having him rock back and forth a little before falling off).
ReplyDeleteBelievability: 9 out of 12 points
Creativity: 6 out of 8 points
Total: 15 out of 20 points