matthew.nel9ataunit3

=UNIT 3 : ANIMATION =

Investigation
My investigation is about animation, particularly stopmotion. I will look at how stop motion works, how it has changed and the different soft wares used to make stopmotion. I will create a stopmotion animation showing the change in the way people think overtime. First of all I will have to find the best software for creating stopmotion animation by researching the internet. This will be used to show people how sudden people start to change the way they think e.g. a person walking, starting off small and slowly getting bigger to show the aging process and in the background, all the different thoughts

Animation in general
Animation is the process of taking multiple pictures at a rapid rate, then playing them back at high speeds to trick into thinking you are seeing video of someone moving.

reseach into stopmotion animation
Stopmotion is one of the oldest forms of animation dating back to the late 1800’s. This is because it is simple. With things like flip books all you need is some paper and a pencil, now we have programs like dragonframe, stopmotion pro and imotion HD everyone can animate their own stopmotion even kids with packs like zu3d. Stopmotion, like all other animations, is the process of taking multiple pictures of an item, be it a clay figure, a drawing or even just an object moving. After all the pictures have been taken, play through them at high speeds, to give the effect of an object moving.

Design brief
I can show the proses of mental change by having a clay figure moving through life and all the different thoughts in the background. The thought can be shown on clouds or just in the background. The thoughts will change gradually but there should still be noticeable.

Design specification

 * Have text
 * Be at least 15 seconds long
 * Must have a moving background
 * Must have a morphing image

Design
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Create:
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Investigation
Overall I know I could have done better in my investigation but the information within the investigation was what I thought it needed to be.

plan
My plan was not what I wanted it to be. The explanations were ruff and the dates did not line up to what I ended up doing.

Design
My designs were what I thought they would be. Granted their where only two, but they matched my design criteria and showed the presses of change.

Create
Out of all the work I did in this unit this is what I am the most proud of. It gave the idea of change in the way that I planned; even the method used to make the video was fun and interesting.