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What is Motion?

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What is Motion?

Motion is the action or process of moving or of changing place or position over time�; movement.

- Dictionary.com

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Why is Time important?

Without Time, there can be no method to calculate movement over a distance, or in a sequence.

A time-keeping device was the first scientific instrument, invented by the Egyptians: a clock

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This star blew up �13 Billion Years Ago

Scientists just noticed it today (4/30/2009), according to CNN.com

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Pictures in Motion

Your eye acts like a movie projector, capturing a series of images every second.

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These images are referred to as “frames”

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Pictures in Motion

Hollywood and Television productions are created by using 24-25 frames-per-second processing.

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There is a conversion rate between a mechanical camera to accommodate for the human eye’s perception rate

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Origin of Animation: Walt Disney

  • Walt Disney helped pioneer American animation.
  • His animation used 16 frames per second.
  • His method involved a process called “onion skinning”

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Onion Skinning???

Onion Skinning refers to the type of paper that animators used to draw on.

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It was made from the skin of onions.

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It was semi-transparent, allowing animators to see through it

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Onion Skinning???

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“Ogres are like Onions” - Shrek

  • Because Ogres have layers.
  • And, onions have layers.
  • And Shrek is a by-product of Walt Disney’s legacy – “Onion Skinning”

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A rose by any other name…

ONION SKIN PAPER: LAYERS

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1988: AKIRA - Enter “Japanimation”

  • Written and directed Katsuhiro Otomo
  • Originally a comic book
  • Movie was the first 32 frame-per-second animation
  • Regarded by critics as one of the greatest animated films ever made

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Computer Generated Gap: TRON

  • The first computer generated film
  • Made by Walt Disney Pictures
  • Plagued with production issues
  • Surprise ending for Disney Studios: Financial Outcome?
  • Famous last words?

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https://youtu.be/VaV4Fltmn1s?si=ZPcSBcS42xmcPx-x

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Keeping to the Basics

Whether animators draw on onion skin or use 3D-Software, they still rely on Time and Layers to animate.

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The ideals haven’t changed since animation was founded – only the tools.

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Now, it’s your turn…