Cut Out Stop Motion

The technique used for this video was cut out stop motion, this was by finding images out of newspapers and magazines and making a story out of them simply by using the pictures and moving them while using the stop motion program to take a picture for every move so when you play it back the pictures play a story.

This was a easy technique to shoot a sequence or a short film, as its easy to find the right pictures you want in your story it can be done quickly but also is an effective way to explain what it is. Using shows such as the phonejacker although it doesnt include filming a person or the purpose of the show, the audience can still understand it and find the humour in it, as its also different it works well together and can attract the audience to watch it.The negative points about making such animation is after a while the audience would like to see something they can relate too so more of real life people and shows they can watch throughout the day that won't bore them or make them feel they're watching something thats unrealistic and only for humour or other entertainment purposes.

I think my cut out animation was simple but still creative, i added humour and sound effects to make it sound more realistic and let the audience know what was going on, such as the ball bouncing the audience got more of an insight to what was actually happening in the video. Although it was quite short i could of extended it and added more to it, as it may be hard to understand and wont be rememberable. Also by adding more sound effects or music to balance it out and add more of a entertainment feature.

One of the First people to use stop motion to create animations was Terry Gilliam and Lotte Reiniger. Terry Gilliam created the animation Monty Python and lotte Reiniger created a stop motion animation of Jack the Bean stalk , Both animators used similar techniques but had different purposes or the way the images would be, such as Terry would cut out images from different articles while Lotte would draw them herself as she would know specifically what kind of image she wants in mind and how she wants the characters to look.

Eadwaerd Muybridge

Eadwaerd Muybridge was an English photographer who was born in kingston upon thames on april 9th 1830. He is known for his pioneering work on animal locomotion which used multiple cameras to capture motion, and his zoopraxiscope, a device for projecting motion pictures that pre-dated the flexible perforated film strip. He invented a fast shutter mechanism, exposing the film for a fraction of a second. To make the horse move in multiple frames he placed several cameras in a row and triggered them in sequence as the horse ran past. He attached strings to the shuttles and placed them across a track so that when the van across it triggered all the cameras in sequence.


He invented a fast shutter mechanism, exposing the film for a fraction of a second. To make the horse move in multiple frames he placed several cameras in a row and triggered them in sequence as the horse ran past. He attached strings to the shuttles and placed them across a track so that when the van across it triggered all the cameras in sequence.

Motion Walk

Zoetrope

The zoetrope is a device which puts still images into motion and creates moving images. The advantages of using a zoetrope is its a simple device which shows a short number of frames which are animated to create the illusion of a moving image. Another advantage is that its easy to people to use and more than one person can watch it at the same time, this will catch the audiences eye as its easy to see.
Persistence of vision is the split in the cylinder to make a persons mind mesmorize every frame as it turns around as the first and last frame are the same it repeats itself again to make an infant loop of illusion.
Its disadvantage is that its too short and people can lose focus easily, as you also have to make sure you look inbetween the slits than upwards it may be confusing.