In todays session we looked at a stop motion animation software called Zu3D. We were instructed to make our our animations in order to understand how all the software works. My animation was posted on my blog earlier. I found the programme a lot of fun and once I got going, quite easy to use. I enjoyed adding layers to my animation and making things happen in the background on my slides.
Next week we will be using the programme again to make a video, working in groups.
Friday, 22 February 2013
Magic Lantern Evaluation
During this session, we were split up into groups and attempted to make a magic lantern. My group was Iwan, Andrew and Rookshanara. We started by discussing how we would make it and what we needed to have in order to make it. As you can see from my previous post, we managed to come up with a plan of action, and set about making our lantern. My role was to take notes and photographs of the group as we made the lantern, however I was also inputing a lot of ideas. Andrew was drawing our slides, and Iwan was making the box, and the lens. We started off by drawing our slides on a piece of card paper, but soon realised that the light was never going to travel through the lens and through the card and therefore, would not be able to project our imagine onto a screen. We needed something transparent such as tracing paper, or better still, overhead projector paper. We also needed the light to be as bright as possible in order to stand a chance of the images being projected onto a screen. We cut a hole into the box and shone a lamp directly through the hole, which would travel through the lens, and onto the projector paper.
Despite the box being made to our desired specifications, the projection was still a bit faint. In order to combat this, I placed a magnifying glass in front of the lens so that the images would be more visible. This made a slight difference, but overall, the image still was not projected the way we intended.
Despite the box being made to our desired specifications, the projection was still a bit faint. In order to combat this, I placed a magnifying glass in front of the lens so that the images would be more visible. This made a slight difference, but overall, the image still was not projected the way we intended.
Tutoial - How To Make a magic lantern
First, get all the necessary materials, these include: - a medium sized box - projector paper - sticky tape - scissors - pens - a light source (lamp) Next, cut a hole In the box for your lens to go through (picture) You can make a lens by rolling up paper (picture). The lens will be used for the light source to travel through and thus projecting the imagine on to the source. The animation will be drawn on OHP paper so that the light source travels through it and on to the white board. There was some debate among the group as to weather the used the light source direct from the lamp, or weather to have the lamp outside the box and being reflected through the lens via a mirror. We also started using card in order to draw the animations on, however it soon became apparent that this material was too think to have to light travel through, so we changed to tracing paper, which was also too thick, and it quickly became apparent that OHP paper would be the most suitable. It is important to seal the box so that no other light can get into the box, apart from your source. In order to get the most out of our light source, we rolled up card to go directly from the light source into the lens. It is important to remember to keep to a note of continuity when drawing your slides (picture). We have made a cut in our lens in order to put the slides through (picture).
Friday, 8 February 2013
Stop Motion
Stop motion is a technique of animation use to make static objects appear as if they were moving. Stop motion films are created by moving certain objects a little bit at a time, capturing an image of each movement on camera and then playing them back together. The film looks smoother if you include more frames per second. Stop motion is one of three main types of annimation, the others being hand drawing and computer generated.
References:
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