TASK: To demonstrate that you fully grasp the concept of frame rates, write a short paragraph explaining the difference between slow motion and frames per second in your ongoing glossary of terms. Cite any web or literature references that you use. “Frame rate is the engine behind the cinematic lie.”Alice O’Connor The amount of time…

TASK: Find three examples on the internet of morphing forms that include one example of each: analogue morphing, computer graphic (1990s) and digital (contemporary). Take a screenshot of the midpoint of each transformation to try and capture the point of transition.Ian Ferguson, Bush Arnie Morph (2006) Image via Wikimedia commons

TASK:Academics, like Norman M Klein and Vivian Sobchack argue that there is an important difference between analogue morphing and digital morphing. They suggest that digital morphing programmes tend to smooth out glitches and hesitations more than analogue morphing. Klein argues that the effects of seamless computer morphing; “displays less of the mercurial, the lighting hand…

Look at the work of animators who use compositing techniques. Reference some of the names mentioned in the preceding text and below are some examples of artists who work with compositing. Heather Phillipson, Zero point garbage matte (2014) Andy Holden, Chewy Cosmos (Panels to the Walls of Heaven) (2013) Benjamin Popp, East Lake Sans Souci…

TASK: Find some analogue and digital animations to compare and contrast their visual qualities. You could look at early cartoons and their later digital remakes or compare CGI animations with claymation.Look at their visual qualities and consider what is lost or gained. Can youobviously tell that one is digital and the other hand crafted and…