Week 2: Exaggeration, Straight Ahead vs. Pose to Pose, and Timing
What we have learned so far:
Animation have existed long before the first animation by J. Stuart Blackton with 'The Enchanted Drawing' (1900)
The First Animators:
•J. Stuart Blackton
–The Enchanted Drawing
1900
–Humorous Phases of
Funny Faces 1906
•Émile Cohl
–Fantastmagorie 1908
–The Hashers Delirium
1910
•Winsor McCay
–Little Nemo 1911
–The Sinking of the
Lusitania 1918
•Max Fleischer
–Out of the Inkwell
1918-1929
Squash and Stretch
A technique in animation where you pull and strech an animation drawing to make it look more believable.
The Nine Old Men of Disney:
•Les Clark
•Wolfgang "Woolie"
Reitherman
•Eric Larson
•Ward Kimball
•Milt Kahl
•John Mitchell Lounsbery
•Marc Fraser Davis
•Ollie Johnston
•Frank Thomas
Cameos of Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas from the
'Incredibles' (2005) and 'The Iron Giant' (1999)
What we have learned this week:
Exaggerate:
Making something wilder and crazier than normal while at the same time staying true to reality
On your left, you see a realistic looking boxer throwing a right jab. On your right, you see a cartoony version of the boxer throwing one mean right jab!
Take a look at these pictures depicting chain smoking. In case you don't know, chain smoking is an act where a smoker lights up one cigarette after the other, often times with the heat of the last cigarette. On the left is a picture of a real chain smoker lighting up another cigarette. On your right is a clip from the animated short 'Each Dawn I Crow' (1949) where the rooster is worried about the farmer chopping his head off and then eating him for Sunday dinner. Now, we all know that no one in real life can smoke like this considering that smokers usually smoke one cigarette at a time, but it's presented in a way that both smokers and non smokers and understand. He is so stressed out that he stayed up all night and he is trying to easy his nerves by smoking. Also, PLEASE don't smoke! Especially like this!
Pose to Pose vs. Straight Ahead:
Straight ahead animation is when you start from one animation drawing to the next without any planning.
Pose to Pose is when you set key frames for the movement and then animate accordingly.
Straight ahead = Straight otta plans!
Pose to Pose = Planed poses!
Spacing and Timing:
Which one of these balls is faster?
The answer? Niether.
They are both going at the same speed. The difference between them is the timing. The first one eases out of the starting position and eases into the ending position while the second one has equal spacing all through out.
Remember: More frames = Slower Movement
Less frames = Faster Movement
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