Pixilation:stills as frames!

Pixilation is the theme of the animation as we use a digital camera to capture a sequence of frames that assumes a frame rate of 12 per second for a 30 second piece. We must consider camera stability, view point, narrative, gag, pacing, timing, light levels and the clarity of the image. To start off with we were put in to groups of 5 or 6 and were to play around with the idea of pixilation animation. This was both challenging and great fun as we tried to make a narrative. The plot of our first story was to have to people walking to a grave yard and they were to be scared by two ghosts. After this scene was taken we watched it back and could stop laughing at the way our hips wiggled as we walked and the way the ghosts floated around in circles.

After the experimentation stage our group came up with the idea of having a magical box that people would disappear and reappear from in different locations. we couldn't find box large enough so we used a black bin. This worked well as the lid of the bin could be removed and used to hide the person getting out/in the bin. One of the difficult things was getting in and out of the bin as it wasn't big enough to fit your whole body in. As a short animation i feel the narrative worked worked and once put together on the computer should be very entertaining.