Thursday, February 19, 2009
Personal Analysis
IN this reflective post of 4 to 5 paragraphs, you need to consider the animation qualities of your cartoon and the animation qualities of the group as a whole.
Take a look at your own graphs. How well did your data illustrate the principles of constant velocity, horizontal accleration, and vertical acceleration? Would you say that your original hypotheses in the previous posts were confirmed or rejected?
Next, take a look at the class data as a whole. Comment on the skill of the cel animators of the 1950s and use specific data to support your reasoning (statements like "Out of the 8 data sets in class for constant velocity, X were...." )
Do you believe cel animators of the 1950s were more, less, or equally as adept as the animations found in the 1960s and 1970s (Hanna-Barbera, or the Flinstones) or 21st century in shows like King of the Hill, the Simpsons, or the Power Puff girls? Why?
How would a knowledge of physics help if you were to pursue a career in videography or animation? Explain your rationale?
Finally, were there any instances in the cartoon you watched where the normal laws of physics, as you understand them, were suspended? How can animators get away with that?
Monday, February 16, 2009
BM in Physics motion
Over the next three days, you will be creating a spreadsheet that details the use of motion in Cartoon Physics. Before you start, you must pick a video and identify where you feel constant velocity, uniform horizontal acceleration and uniform vertical acceleration is taking place. This must show up in the comments section of this post BEFORE YOU START analysis. You need a movie in .wma or .avi format.
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