4 Principles of Stop Motion

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKiD0nQVMic (Sorry in advance for the music)

Anticipation: The lead up to an action. For example, a person doesn't just throw a football. They bring their arm back and wind up the throw, then throw it.

Squash and Stretch: Giving the perception of, lets say, ones weight. Say a person was carrying something heavy, like a log over their shoulders. The person would not just walk straight and with ease, they'd be hunched over, walking at a slower than normal pace.

Staging: Lets say someone was trying to show a character of theirs that they were mad, and wanted to do so obviously, so anyone could identify it. This person would have the character's eyebrows downward, arms crossed, pout in the lip, to show off a non-pleasant mood.

Straight Ahead and Pose to Pose Animaton:

Exhibit of Optical Toys

I found this website to be very well created. It is very simplistic, and informative. It has a nice, simple yet bold, home page. From there you can choose from a picture of each invention, then seeing the history, purpose, and the way it works. It is not a site with all things everywhere, no need to click three things to get to what you want. Just look at the photos, click one, and all information comes up, including GIFs and video to see how each thing is operated, which is my favourite part of this site.

One thing that that stood out to me was definitely the Kinora, a picture viewing device created in 1912 by Louise and Auguste Lumiere. This device is essentially a crank powered flip book, which I find really interesting as it really helps to show what exactly was used before cinematography, and it shows the steps inventors went through to get to next stage. What I also liked was that ordinary people could go out and purchase the required paper and make their own movie. This device worked by putting in paper, then cranking it so the pictures would quickly show for the viewer to see.

GULP: WORLDS LARGEST STOPMOTION

When I first watched "GULP" I had no clue it was real. It was so well done I thought it was claymation. Learning that it was real life was a shock, Everything down to the man himself looked clay.

The measures they went through, the time they spent on making this video, the dedication to make this is astonishing. It would have taken a long time to create, and it would not have been easy to make, either.

The fact that I couldn't differentiate claymation and this, just goes to show they really cared about the quality of this video, and we're committed to creating this.

Chess Piece

This chess piece is not very accurate on porportion. What I drew is probably 3x bigger than the original chess piece. In terms of value, It all depends on the lighting of said object. Given the light when I drew the piece I'd say it's accurate. The whole thing was pretty dark, especially the left side.

     I created pattern by putting two symmetrical lines in the background. This also helps show movement, as the lines are going to the right. I chose to put my piece on the left side and have the lines starting at the left side, moving towards the right, which also helps show movement.

     I made it the focal point by making it the boldest thing in the drawing. The background, while having shaded areas, they are not shaded to the same degree that the chess piece is.