Outline for First Term Paper

  1. intro / thesis statement
  • 4th down at half time rule- a rule that states for falling motion the break down drawing is a fourth of the distance from the apex
  • How the law is important, and why it’s important to animations and maintaining their “realism”

2. Body paragraph 1-

  • Wile e coyote animation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL_yeEog6Wo
  • The law is violated here because the time held at apex compared to the overall drop makes it clear that the law is not being considered
  • Purpose: was this the result of bad animating or to cause comedic effect?

3. Body paragraph 2-

  • Tom and jerry animation :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoRKIcuS_R4
  • The law is violated here because tom does not speed up as he gets closer to the ground, but rather falls in a more uniform motion
  • Purpose: was this the result of bad animating or to cause comedic effect?

4. Body paragraph 3-

  • Bugs bunny animation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGvgNoTIEGQ
  • The law is violated here because bugs bunny and the other character are able to basically freeze right before they impact the ground, violating the fourth down at half time rule
  • Purpose: was this the result of bad animating or to cause comedic effect?

5. Conclusion:

  • Restate fourth down at half time rule
  • State importance with relation to creating a believable animation
  • Question whether violation of the rule is purposeful or the result of bad animation

Stop Motion Animation of Falling

Link to updated video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GG8mMllZ1lkxw-OWasvalX5i1PLkjBJY/view?usp=sharing

I decided to take a different angle at this project, and instead portray an object falling down with an overhead view. I set two chairs over my table and a board to connect them, creating a “tripod”. After that most of the filming was fairly easy(adjusting positions, to change speed and create a more realistic dropping.) The most difficult challenge was honestly the view on my camera phone versus the animation app; it created a zoom which required me to reshoot and re-angle my object.

Created using stop video motion pro, along with my iPhone.

Scripts Boards Reference

Link to video reference: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_qoFcbFyKj2SCxkCCsL_Bhjjl_6dbQ9U?usp=sharing

Script

For this assignment, I plan on filming and animating a  bottle lid getting flicked, rolling off a table, and the bounce that follows it once it hits the ground. I am planning on only filming the first bounce, but if we need to go until the lid stops moving to create a more realistic film, then I will do that. Also, the way I flick it will affect how far it flies off the table, the reference video shows me trying several speeds and methods so we have a wide variety of options to animate form. Along with a push that has a minimal flick, so the lid is more rolling and falling off, rather than being shot off the table. Animating with the fourth down at half time rule will be crucial to the realism of the animation. I expect to use Stop motion studio pro as the software to use, and I will need a water bottle and table to have a video reference.

Link to video reference: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_qoFcbFyKj2SCxkCCsL_Bhjjl_6dbQ9U?usp=sharing

Mini-Portfolio

source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9QIgY5_8ok
This is meaningful to me because I feel like the content is relevant to the class.
source: https://www.cheatsheet.com/money-career/heres-how-much-tom-brady-gets-paid-if-the-patriots-win-the-superbowl.html/
This is meaningful to me because I am a long time patriots supporter, and Brady is my idol.
source: https://sports.yahoo.com/lakers-rajon-rondo-4-5-weeks-finger-surgery-183924395–nba.html
This is meaningful to me because this is my favorite basketball player.

Hello, my name is Bisesh and I am a first-year Computer Science major. Although I am still looking at all my options still, I am most likely going into video game design. Which is why I took this course, Physics in animation would be fundamental to game design. I took java last semester and I am taking data structures this semester, I hope to get into introduction to game studies next semester.