Principles of Animation
Time. Time it takes to make the action happen the number of frames you need to move the object. The fewer frames the faster. The more frames, the slower.Overlap and Follow through, parts of an object that dont all move at the same time, you have to think about where the centre of gravity is and where it will finish.
Arcs and poses, movement doesnt tend to be straight lines, but it follows curves or arcs, to show more natural movement
Secondary action is natural movement of the body, such as arms swinging whilst moving etc.
Time. Time it takes to make the action happen the number of frames you need to move the object. The fewer frames the faster. The more frames, the slower.Overlap and Follow through, parts of an object that dont all move at the same time, you have to think about where the centre of gravity is and where it will finish.
Arcs and poses, movement doesnt tend to be straight lines, but it follows curves or arcs, to show more natural movement
Secondary action is natural movement of the body, such as arms swinging whilst moving etc.
Old Stop Motion:
The Tale of The Fox
Directed by: Wladyslaw Starewicz
Date: 1st January 1930
King Kong
Directed by: Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack
Date: 1933
The King kong fight scene was really impressive for its time, the use of arcs are used quite well, the T-Rexs' claws often move and curl. As king kong is tussled to the ground his legs bend as he falls and his arms fall in sync with his body, this also uses the principle of gravity. however, at around 00;48 the T-Rex is thrown to the floor but his back doesn't bend or move as he's being picked up and its really noticeable. The POV of the fight isnt great at all, it doesnt show much and is really restricted, there could be more variation. The footage is very jerky, this makes the audience think less of the animation, it makes it look unrealistic and therfor makes the audience but for the time it was produced you cant fault it much at all.
Jan Svankmajor - 1934
Ray Harryhausen - 1938
Claymation:
Little red riding hood
Directed by: Ray Harryhausen
Little red riding hood
Directed by: Ray Harryhausen
Little Read riding hood created by Ray Harryhausen was a very early day puppet stop motion made in the early 50s. THe sound of Little read riding hood opens with narration. The Naration engages the audience, allot of viewiers enjoy narration because its formal and can make the story easier to follow. Also the narration gives us a sligh background to wh Little red riding hood is. it tells us how she got her name and where she's going. Ray harryhausen uses puppet throughout this stop motion. His use of arcs are amazing, from where the wolf walks onto the rocks to when she sits own cross legged, this brings realism to the animation, arcs are realistic, therfor the audience are more engaged. There is more sound used throughout this animation, there is sound used when the wolf is chasing grandma, its dramatic fast paced music, this is creating tension and gives the viewer a sense of worry. Follow through at 6:33 when little red riding hood feels the Wolfs nose, she feels the wolfs nose to show little red riding hoods curiosity and when the audience know the main character has something to be curious about there could be an issue. More arcs are used to a good effect when the wolf is shot over the balcony and kind of rolls backwards, again, this is for realism. Also as the wolf falls the principal of gravity is played with. ONCE again, more realism.
Stop Motion:
Mountain Music
Director: Will Vinton
Date: 1960
Children's Stop Motion:
The Nightmare Before Christmas:
Directed by: Tim Burton
Date: 13th October 1993
Claymation:
Godzilla Vs Anguirus
Directed by: Fred THe Dinosaur Man
Date: 23rd of June 2013
The Claymation battle between Godzilla vs Aguirus is amazingly done for a unrecognised animator. The use of sound is used to a maximum. from the striking of punches, roars and impact sound effects. Fred the dinosaur man really uses his arcs to create a sense of realism, he makes tails wiggle spontaneously as a real dinosaur probably would. As the clay dinosaur run or fall the arcs of the legs are timed to perfection. The joints realistically move in sync with the dinosaurs being tossed around. Also when the dinosaurs are being thrown around the principal of gravity is being used to add MORE realism and life like effect. Overall the animation is great and entertaining to watch for the audience.
The Claymation battle between Godzilla vs Aguirus is amazingly done for a unrecognised animator. The use of sound is used to a maximum. from the striking of punches, roars and impact sound effects. Fred the dinosaur man really uses his arcs to create a sense of realism, he makes tails wiggle spontaneously as a real dinosaur probably would. As the clay dinosaur run or fall the arcs of the legs are timed to perfection. The joints realistically move in sync with the dinosaurs being tossed around. Also when the dinosaurs are being thrown around the principal of gravity is being used to add MORE realism and life like effect. Overall the animation is great and entertaining to watch for the audience.
Real Life Stop Motion:
T Shirt Wars
Made in: 2013
i have chose T Shirt wars because of its use of soundtracks and its attention to in real life detail, for example at 0.43 a man is shown inflating a balloon on his t shirt, the sound matches what the balloon noise makes in real life. The slapstickish comedy aspect of the stop motion is entertaining to watch. as far as the principals of animation go, this isnt a great example, arcs are ignored etc but the focus is on the T shirts and despite the animations lack of principals its still entertaining to watch and keeps the viewer hooked.
Real Life Stop Motion:
Mario Kart In Real Life:
Directed by: Simon Lachapelle
Date: 8th December 2013
Old Vs New
It doesnt take an expert to realise that animation has come a LONG way. Especially in the stop motion aspect of things. If we refer to my time line, we can see that the king kong fight is one of the first things on it, in the king kong we see a small attention to detail but for its time its classic. For its time it was considered the cutting edge of stop motion and probably inspired and motivated allot of animators. However if that was in this day and age it probably wouldnt even be noticed. We look at more recent things such as the nightmare before christmas, another stop motion animation and its flawless. The Arcs and use of gravity etc are used to absolute perfection, in some parts of the film we see overlaps, gravity and arcs all used at once time. Look at the image above Jack skellington is leaning (use of gravity) and his arms are curved in a sinister manor (Arcs) and His head is overlapping over his hand. We would be lucky too see more than one of them aspects in the King kong animation at one time. Slightly Later is Little Red Riding Hood by Ray Harryhausen, which was made with Puppets, You can tell animation has advanced a little bit from King kong to little red riding hood, but still, its nothing that we could see on our TVs today. Concluding the old vs new, we have to give credit to old animations because back then they had technology not even remotely near as good as what we have access too, but their use of what they did have produced some classic and timeless animations. However, our day and age they make some absolutely immense things. Some animations these days dont even look like they're made out of clay, i.e Paranorman and The Newest Wallace and Grommit film (Curse of the Wear rabbit) they look like theyve been made on a computer when in reality its exactly what was used 50 years ago. Truly Amazing.
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