Studio Brief 3- Explore- Pixilation

Pixilation

This method is frequently used by beginners as it is an easier method than most as you only need a camera and a story to go with it. Pixilation can be mixed with film to make it all a lot more fluid as an animation.

This type of animating process is done by taking pictures and much like stop motion, something is being slowly moved with every shot., it is called pixilation as it is with real people and can be mixed with film when needed.

When making pixilations they need to be planned out for every shot and what is going to be happening for every second or it will not work. When filming each frame is 2 shots as the motions need to be picked up easily. One shot is for when the scene either speeds up or includes a lot of motion as it will look faster and more fluid if its one shot. This method of 2 shots can make it look a bit jerky but overall it does make it easier to understand and see what is going on.

The song Sledgehammer is very famous, not only for the song but for the Pixilation it includes in the video.

This song is by Peter Gabriel and for every second, pictures were take, this really make you see just how long this would have taken to not only film, but for him to have to sit for. It was also done in the 80's so it really was amazing that they could produce something this difficult for a music video.

In 1952 Norman McLaren crated a video that symbolises was and the two sides it creates and how it causes fighting and death. This video is a mix of the shot compositions but also filming to make the whole thing look better and more smooth or rough in areas which creates the comic effect.This was a very old video so this method was how they made it look advanced and have elements of fun in the whole thing.

The Wizard of Speed and Time was created in 1983 and was completed in 1988 by Mike Jittlov. This took 5 years as the method of getting the guy to look like he's floating, was to take pictures when he was jumping in the air. This is why it took so long as was so time consuming and hard to produce.

This is the run that took so long to produce. You can clearly see how much effort it would have taken to get all the shots at the right second, and also how much jumping the guy had to do for it.

This music video was created my Oren Lavie and is shot continually above a bed and has a woman moving across it and creates different scenes about her life and how she runs form life though sleep as its easier.

This is an amazing video as it includes she doing walk cycles and running all while laying on her side. This is very difficult to get right and makes the whole video come to life and become stunning. To create these types of motions, it would have taken a huge amount of planning and work to make it as smooth as it comes out as.

Overall these videos show you just where you can take Pixilation and what you can accomplish and do with the right amount of planning and time put into them.