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- From: aramsey@ugly.UVic.CA (Aaron Ramsey)
- Subject: Re: ANIMATION: anybody here actually animate?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.222212.6821@sol.UVic.CA>
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- Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 22:22:12 GMT
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- In article <Bxz781.K2p@knot.ccs.queensu.ca> awilliam@qucis.queensu.ca (Andrew Williams) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov19.162814.9805@ultb.isc.rit.edu> entpph@ritvax.isc.rit.edu writes:
- >>
- >>I eat breathe and sleep animation, so let's talk animation!
- >>
- >>Erik Timmerman
- >>Film/Video Department
- >>RIT
- >
- >OK!! What sort of camera/film system are you guys using? Does anyone know
- >if a video frame-by-frame camera is available for those that a) Can't
- >afford 35 mm film, b) Just can't wait to see the results etc.?
-
- I've got an old 16 mm bolex that I've been using for a very short time.
- Before that I used an really old super8 camera. I'm strictly an
- amateur/hobbyist. I tried animating with my computer (an amiga),
- but it drove me crazy modelling everything on the computer in 3d.
- Until some sort of 3d manipulation system shows up, I think I will
- strictly stick to claymation,etc.... 8-) Although that computer stuff
- really did look nice after tweeking it.
- >
- >Do you use a textbook in your course? If so.. what's it called?
- >
- I'd really like to find this out too! I haven't been able to come across
- much animation literature at all. 8-( I did find one book called
- "Make Your Own Animated Movies and Videotapes: Film and Video Techniques
- from the Yellow Ball Workshop" by Yvonne Anderson at the local library.
- It's been helpful with a bunch of things that I've tried to do, but it's
- a little small, and sometimes geared towards younger people than myself.
- If there is a good textbook that I might be able to pick up, that't be
- great! 8-)
- >
-
- Something that I've been having a little bit of trouble with is filters.
- When do I use them? Sometimes I come out with really great looking
- animations (this is with plastercine and Liquid Foam characters),
- and sometimes they really don't look that good. Sometimes the
- characters just blend into the background. Does anybody know if I
- can fix this with say a yellow or red filter? what shades in what
- situations? I suppose that I could use drastically different colored
- characters and backgrounds, but.... ;-)
-
- Also, if anybody else is using a Bolex or similar 16mm camera... what
- size of lense are you using?
-
- -Aaron
- aramsey@ugly.uvic.ca
-
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