A History of Animation - part three

Rotoscope (1915)

• Rotoscoping is a technique which is tracing live-action movement to use in animated films.
• It was used in famous flicks such as:

1. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
2. The Yellow Submarine
3. The Lightsaber effects in the original Star Wars Trilogy
4. The Lord of the Rings (1978)
5. Tron
6. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
7. Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix

• It was invented by Max Fleischer, who created Betty Boop, Koko the Clown and the Popeye and 40's Superman cartoons.

Felix the Cat (1920)

• He was a silent film character.
• Before Mickey Mouse overthrew him, he was the most famous animated character in the world.
• He was created by Pat Sullivan and Otto Messmer.

A History of Animation - part two

En Route (1910)

• It is the first paper cutout animation.
• It was created by French Caricaturist Emile Cohl.

"Little Nemo" (1911)

• It was an animated sequence based on the character of the same name.
• It was produced by Little Nemo's creator Winsor McCay.

"Gertie, the Trained Dinosaur" (1914)

• It was the first cartoon to have a character to have an appealing personality.
• It was also the first film to be done by keyframe animation.
• It was directed by creator Winsor McCay.

A history of Animation - part one

Phenakistoscope (1872)

• The Phenakistoscope was possibly the first animation device.
• The disc would spin around and the user would look through the moving slits to the reflection of the disc on a mirror.
• It was invented simultaneously by the Belgian Joseph Plateau and the Austrian Simon von Stampfer.

Kinetoscope (1889)

• The Kinetoscope was the successor of the Phenakistoscope.
• It introduced the basic of cinematic projection.
• It was "described in conceptual terms" by Thomas Edison and was developed by William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, his employee.

"Humorous Phases of Funny Faces" (1906)

• It was regarded as the very first ever animated film.
• It featured a cartoonist using a chalkboard to draw faces, which eventually comes to life.
• It was created by J. Stuart Blackton

Giraffes

Here are some screengrabs from youtube of giraffe, which I have picked because of the way it walks.

Follow this link to see a giraffe's elegant yet calm walking. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFf2yT7yiGg

Yellow Bird Project

This is a screengrab of the main page for The Yellow Bird Project website.

The target audience for this particular website is young people who like Indie Rock music.

I can tell it's targeting young people because that generation has a thing for Indie Rock and nice T-Shirts.

The strengths of the website is:

• The nice graphics
  
• The template always stays the same
• A good layouts
• Clear font
• Creative Logo
• And the good navigation that is always displayed the same

According to what is viewed on the homepage, there are no weaknesses I can see.

http://www.yellowbirdproject.com/

Vlad from Horton hears a Who!

Here is Vlad, the vulture whose style I liked from Horton hears a Who!. 

Prior to me learning about animation at college I would like to comment that the animation is Computer-Generated. The animation works well with the character.

Picture - 321858_com_horton_hears_a_who_ver4-1.jpg

Another vulture image

This is another image for my Stereotypically evil character.

Note: This vulture research was for me to being start updating my blog.

Picture - ridgewoodcameraclub.org

Research for a stereotypically evil character

I chose a vulture because it is a predator with wings that are big, black and powerful.

I decided to make a vulture as my evil character because it was the first thing to come up on my mind.

I saw the film "Horton hears a Who!" which included a sinister vulture named Vlad in it and I liked his style.

Picture of feeding - kennedy121.wordpress.com

Picture of Wings - ibc.lynxeds.com