NY and me (retitled: Time and me)
9 months ago
May 3, 2010
April 21, 2010
Who wouldn't have fun in a bakery?
Thomas Edison wasn't just obsessed with taking people's discoveries and monopolizing them immensely. He created a short film, although not technically stop-motion as we consider it today, this short film demonstrates the simplest ways in which stop motion can be utilized. By splicing the frames in the movie reel, clips can be physically removed from the reel and spliced back together. The same can be done with the individual pictures taken for the stop motion. Although this would make the stop motion much less fluid, the purpose of posting and sharing this video is to further show how stop motion works and how manipulating it can be done with a simple elimination of frames.
April 20, 2010
Rubix!
I've had one of these since I was 6.
Now at age twenty, I still can't figure it out for the life of me.
So not only is the rubix cube kept in the same place throughout the frames, but EVERY move, twist and turn is thought through ahead of time and smoothly executed.
What in the world.
Now at age twenty, I still can't figure it out for the life of me.
So not only is the rubix cube kept in the same place throughout the frames, but EVERY move, twist and turn is thought through ahead of time and smoothly executed.
What in the world.
April 7, 2010
Foxy Foxy Wednesday
The weather is deciding to melt everything in sight with its temperature. What better way to celebrate than posting about this incredible spell of genius by the insurmountable Wes Anderson.
April 2, 2010
March 29, 2010
Books in 60 Seconds
photographers Angela Kohler and Ithyle Griffiths, the latter previously mentioned in post "Lost Things"
starring actress Annie Little
The original song "Fly Me Away" for the commercial is written and performed by Annie Little.
March 21, 2010
Ready? Able?
Grizzly Bear is the best band ever. The end. grizzly-bear.net
The genius behind this is allison schulnik.
The genius behind this is allison schulnik.
March 15, 2010
Patience is a Virtue
Created with 987 polaroid pictures and no computer manipulation whatsoever.
Thank you Jordan Greenhalgh. Visit his website and be amazed. Be very amazed.
Thank you Jordan Greenhalgh. Visit his website and be amazed. Be very amazed.
March 4, 2010
If You Have a Second...
So everyone's seen "Tony vs. Paul" and if you haven't you've at least heard about it. It has to be one of the most famous stop-motion videos on youtube. It's the first video that comes up when searching "stop motion." As of this very moment, the video has had 5,576,227 views. The dynamic duo, Paul Cummings & Tony Fiandaca, have gained significant popularity in just 4 years. I felt it was a significant time to mention these fine individuals as they play a huge role in the field of stop motion and animation. If you haven't seen "Tony vs. Paul," please feast your eyes and gawk in awe.
Now watch as they apply their skills to the real world.
Visit Paul's website!
Now watch as they apply their skills to the real world.
Visit Paul's website!
Lost Things
March 1, 2010
The Persistence of Vision
If you really think about it, all video is technically stop motion. Video in its most basic form is just a huge number of individual frames played in sequential order at a very fast rate. At the standard rate, the human eye and brain perceives the individual frames as one continuous, fluid motion. This phenomenon is called the persistence of vision.
Click here.
At first, one pink dot disappears at a time in clockwise order, but as you stare at the center for a while, a green dot appears in the image and continues in this clockwise motion. The movement of the green dot becomes fluid.
Think of the individual frames in a movie as this green dot. The faster the frames are going, generally, the more fluid the motion looks. In stop motion, to get the desired effect of being "choppy" or "broken" the frame rate is decreased, therefore allowing the eye to catch each individual frame. The motion is not at all fluid.
The creators of many horror movies have used stop motion to their advantage, making the movements of creatures very creepy. Prime example? Gore Verbinski's The Ring:
Click here.
At first, one pink dot disappears at a time in clockwise order, but as you stare at the center for a while, a green dot appears in the image and continues in this clockwise motion. The movement of the green dot becomes fluid.
Think of the individual frames in a movie as this green dot. The faster the frames are going, generally, the more fluid the motion looks. In stop motion, to get the desired effect of being "choppy" or "broken" the frame rate is decreased, therefore allowing the eye to catch each individual frame. The motion is not at all fluid.
The creators of many horror movies have used stop motion to their advantage, making the movements of creatures very creepy. Prime example? Gore Verbinski's The Ring:
February 22, 2010
Progress is Beautiful
Creative Director: Paul Venables
Associate Creative Director: Erich Pfeifer
You get 'em Audi.
February 21, 2010
Er, In the Beginning...part II
So, stop motion video is this big bad thing. Technological. Advanced. So avant garde right? It had to come from somewhere. That somewhere is this guy.
Clearly the epitome of cutting edge.
Eadweard Muybridge, pronounced Edward Moy-bridge, was an English photographer in the late 19th century. Apart from changing his name an absurd number of times, and killing a man, Muybridge was busy clearing the way for one of the most influential new-found art forms of the modern world. In 1872, the question was asked if during a gallop, all four of a horse's legs were off the ground at the same time. In order to settle this, Muybridge placed multiple cameras around a race track at even intervals, each connected to a tripwire. As the horse ran by, the cameras were triggered and the position of the hooves were recorded. His horse studies are seen here.
In looping sequence, the photos look like this.
When a horse runs, there is no point in time where all four hooves are off the ground. Sounds pretty trivial and mostly unrelated to where stop motion pictures are at this very moment. However, Muybridge and his horse studies planted the concept of "frames per second" in both stop action photography and moving pictures. He was able to capture sequential movements. The epitome of stop motion. And very much the epitome of cutting edge.
Eadweard Muybridge, pronounced Edward Moy-bridge, was an English photographer in the late 19th century. Apart from changing his name an absurd number of times, and killing a man, Muybridge was busy clearing the way for one of the most influential new-found art forms of the modern world. In 1872, the question was asked if during a gallop, all four of a horse's legs were off the ground at the same time. In order to settle this, Muybridge placed multiple cameras around a race track at even intervals, each connected to a tripwire. As the horse ran by, the cameras were triggered and the position of the hooves were recorded. His horse studies are seen here.
In looping sequence, the photos look like this.
When a horse runs, there is no point in time where all four hooves are off the ground. Sounds pretty trivial and mostly unrelated to where stop motion pictures are at this very moment. However, Muybridge and his horse studies planted the concept of "frames per second" in both stop action photography and moving pictures. He was able to capture sequential movements. The epitome of stop motion. And very much the epitome of cutting edge.
February 17, 2010
Her Morning Elegance
Just a little something one of my friends showed me the other day.
Directed by Oren Lavie, Yural & Merav Nathan.
Enjoy!
Oren Lavie "Her Morning Elegance"
Visit his website!
Directed by Oren Lavie, Yural & Merav Nathan.
Enjoy!
Oren Lavie "Her Morning Elegance"
Visit his website!
February 11, 2010
In the Beginning...
Stop motion:
–noun Movies.
1. Also called stop-action photography, stop-motion cinematography. a special effect, carried out while shooting, in which the performers stop their motion and the camera is stopped while an object or performer is added to or removed from the scene, with camera movement and action then resumed for the remainder of the scene: used to create an illusion of sudden appearance or disappearance of persons or objects.
2. freeze frame (def. 1). dictionary.com
Stop-motion video is an increasingly dominant influence in both mass media and modern art. One cannot turn the channel without stopping at a commercial using stop-motion effects, nor can one ignore the trends stop-motion has in popular culture. The term stop-motion as we know it today involves videos consisting of individual pictures or sequential frames that are put together at a certain rate. The usual desired effect is that the video appears choppy or the subject's actions do not appear smooth and fluid, as in standard video recording. Instead, the actions appear broken and many things that defy the laws of physics are easily achieved with careful planning and much forward thinking. It is a time-consuming, stressful and sometimes painful experience yet, at the same time, is rigorously fun.
The purpose of this blog is to share what is currently happening in the world today, regarding stop-motion technology, as well as provide many tips, simple tutorials, recommendations, and simply share with you what I find really cool and inspirational. Enjoy!
–noun Movies.
1. Also called stop-action photography, stop-motion cinematography. a special effect, carried out while shooting, in which the performers stop their motion and the camera is stopped while an object or performer is added to or removed from the scene, with camera movement and action then resumed for the remainder of the scene: used to create an illusion of sudden appearance or disappearance of persons or objects.
2. freeze frame (def. 1). dictionary.com
Stop-motion video is an increasingly dominant influence in both mass media and modern art. One cannot turn the channel without stopping at a commercial using stop-motion effects, nor can one ignore the trends stop-motion has in popular culture. The term stop-motion as we know it today involves videos consisting of individual pictures or sequential frames that are put together at a certain rate. The usual desired effect is that the video appears choppy or the subject's actions do not appear smooth and fluid, as in standard video recording. Instead, the actions appear broken and many things that defy the laws of physics are easily achieved with careful planning and much forward thinking. It is a time-consuming, stressful and sometimes painful experience yet, at the same time, is rigorously fun.
The purpose of this blog is to share what is currently happening in the world today, regarding stop-motion technology, as well as provide many tips, simple tutorials, recommendations, and simply share with you what I find really cool and inspirational. Enjoy!
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