Moving Pictures: An Introduction

Admittedly when I first heard that Animation was going to be part of the workload with Level 5 I wasn't too excited. However, after today's workshop changed my mind. We began by watching Pistache by Valerie Pirson which made me realise that Animation doesn't have to so confined to what we expect. Pistache showed me that animation can be just as abstract as a single image.

Pistache by manor

In groups we then went about making our own frames. I feel the outcome was quite effective for a first attempt at animation despite our radically varied objects. One thing that stood out during this session was that the understanding of speed within an animation is important. If I want an object to appear as though it is moving fast it must travel a greater distance per frame than it would if the object were to move slowly.