Movement

This is a skeleton that I made after studio today so y'all could get a better idea of the shape and its movement that we have been talking about for the outfit....

-This is a rough draft of the structural skeleton (It will be a transparent material-maybe thick plexy glass?)

-The mock up that I had today is the skin that will be dangling on top of this structure

-It will be two or three times larger in scale then this (it should go past my shoulder and head when it extends open)

-Its attaches to my left side (and a small piece to my left hand) as I move it opens and closes; can move up down; twist and rotate; etc

-I hope this a better visual of the outfit and it's movement for yall! Let me know what you think. I'll try to post more this week as I get more done.

I think the whole process is going very smoothly with our group. Y'all's animation is looking great! Keep up the good work!

Stephanie Adams

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12 Principles of Animation

1. Squash and stretch- the shapes created by the ink appear to be squashing and stretching

2. Anticipation- as the animation focuses on a single drop of ink falling into water, the viewers anticipate what will happen next

3. Staging- the images flowing into each other create an easy to view animation for the audience

4. Straight Ahead Action and Pose to Pose- the animation starts with a simple ink stroke which then builds upon itself

5. Follow Through and Overlapping Action- as the ink drops collides with the surface of the water, ink patterns are created as an after effect

6. Slow In and Slow Out- as the camera focuses on ink and smoke, the images are sped up and slowed down to create a certain mood

7. Arcs- arcs are naturally created from the shapes of the ink and smoke

8. Secondary Action- not using any secondary action

9. Timing- the images created are manipulated to work with the music in a way that portrays the word Flowing

10. Exaggeration- focusing on intricate actions as well as slowing and speeding them up exaggerates the importance of a simple image

11. Solid Drawing- ink drawings are used in the beginning of our animation and are moved to and from three-dimensional images

12. Appeal- several of the images we create are visually appealing through texture and form

Word comparisons

Motion-Sound: The motion of our animatic will capture the smooth, elongated flow of the background sound. It will also take cues from the long, melodic chords.

Motion-Word: The word "flowing" can be described as smooth, continuous movement. Our movement will mimic that by making subtle transitions from 2D to 3D while remaining in perpetual motion.

Motion-Visual: Flowing motion is portrayed by our animated, calligraphy drawing and our filmed scene of ink in water. Both show free and continuous motion.

Sound-Word: The long, perpetuating chords in our sound clip created a sort of weightless mood which encompasses the implied current of the word "flowing".

Sound-Visual: We will illustrate the sound by speeding up and slowing down our animation and video clips at certain points to sync up with the tempo and volume changes in the music.

Word-Visual: "Flowing" is the act of continuous and weightless movement. One way we will show this in a visual is by encouraging the viewer's eye to follow drops of ink as they trace through water. The overall effect is has a very suspended and free feeling to it.

Water & Ink

Enya Watermark

...so i'm still waiting for the animatic to upload :/ anyways I thought we should upload a couple different song choice options. This song has been the best one I've found so far.

Realflow wine demolution 500 fps

I know these are some really complex examples- but I thought I would share since they're such awesome effects.

Maya Realflow

I called up Grant (the Viz guy) and asked him about the water drop simulation...I didn't talk to him long- but he did mention Maya and RealFlow. I youtubed a couple of videos with the description and found this one- Even the music works well!

Storyboard

"Apologize" One Republic Music Video

This video has a lot of clips of flowing elements...the music with the images work well together.

RadioHead Ink In Water

This is such a cool idea! I would really like to implement this in our final animation. Let me know what you think.

Flower

Once again, these flowers show a continuous motion. This one is pretty self explanatory!

Flexibility

I think this is beautiful! Her body is doing so many different things yet it all flows together...like the way that water can, or dresses, or hair, etc. Pretty cool to think of our body as a way of expressing a word.

Northern Lights

I've never seen the Northern Lights, but I'm definitely planning on it someday. I think it's incredible to see something naturally flow across the sky like this.

Hopefully y'all have seen Finding Nemo :) The way this group of fish move together illustrates perfectly the idea of parts moving together as a whole to create a more aesthetic image.

This dancer has a way of making her seem airy and weightless in the the air. It's a mix between her clothing, which hangs freely off her body, and the way she's holding herself.

I think the idea of having multiple elements (like strands of hair) moving together in one flow to create a sort of whole.

This image is very beautiful and free which I think "flowing" should truly encompass. I think it should have an aspect of randomness.

Bach - Cello Suite No.1 i-Prelude

I love listening to music- I really think it has the power to portray emotion and movement.
I really like how the notes in this song really flow together effortlessly. Even the way his bow moves has such a fluid movement.

The Winged Victory

Statue of the goddess Nike... Even though the statue is carved from a solid block of marble- the details in the work really give the illusion of flowing fabric.

Emilio Sosa gown

This is a gown designed by Emilio Sosa for the show Project Runway. When the model walks, the fabric moves and flows out all around her.

Flowing- Stephanie Adams

As a group we started collaborating on the idea of "Flowing" referring to the smooth transition between one movement to the next...

Images and videos I've found to express this idea:


Vines and the idea of continual connectivity; continual growth and development; chaotic yet smoothly intertwining between leaves and objects.

These Images from Tara Donovan present flowing in the structural concept of the way our class will be designing our "wearable architecture." The structure will be composed of very small units making one skin. These are examples of this being done to show a "flowing" manner.

This architecture by Zaha Hadid, show "flowing" to me. The movement is very smooth and clean. One building is composed of smaller units forming the smooth skin and the other shows flowing by the long smooth strips.

These fashion pieces from Helmut Lang, Yohji Yamamoto, and Azzendine Alaia stood out to me as "Flowing" in different ways: The white dress drapes and moves easily. The green plad clothing is entangled yet the pieces are flowing together smoothly. The black and white dress has the colors and the position of the layers draping into eachother well-"flowing" (an idea to think about positive and negative space); The black and see-through dress also represnts the idea of positive and negative space flowing into each other well. The series of movement from the girl, gives a good idea of dancing moves to show off the flowing movement of the wearable architecture we will make. The last two dresses are great examples of the actual flowing movement of a silky or lightweight material down a catwalk-it begins to shape and take the form of your body as you begin to walk forward, giving it a windblown "flowy" lightweight smooth look to the clothing.

These videos do a great job of flowing in the movement of dance. Transitions are smooth whether performing a fast move or a slow one...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyBVInzsyKA&feature=youtube_gdata_player

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfKdQKMV5Gg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VByq56cy87Y&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Vortexx by Zaha Hadid

This is my first time blogging...so hopefully it goes well!!!

When thinking about our word, I think about this paper I wrote on Zaha Hadid...her buildings might be a bit out there, but her work is incredibly unique for how fluid her designs are.

My favorite design from her is this light fixture titled Vortexx. I love how the lighting and structure work together- I definitely think it embodies the word Flowing.

Lindsey Marks choreography, "Renewal"

The body movements in this video are really interesting. It reminds me of when we were acting out our word, except these people are much smoother when transitioning, which emphasizes "flowing." Just found it helpful when thinking of ways to express the word.

References

It's hard not to think of water in general when "flowing" is the subject. I like that this picture brings 2 different things together: a body of water and the result of a feeling.

References

I keep coming back to my friend's wedding dress when I think about our word. The way it falls reminds me of "flowing"....plus it relates to fashion which might give us some ideas for costumes.