Moving Images
Animated GIF's, Time Lapses and Stop Motion are all forms of moving images made from still images. The basis for a moving image was invented by Eadweard Muybridge.
Eadweard Muybridge
Eadweard Muybridge was a british photographer, born on the 9th April 1870 who was famous for inventing the zoopraxiscope, which was a cylinder used to turn still images into a continuous loop. he invented it to prove how horses ran, and that at one point, all four of their feet are off of the ground, and the horse is airborne.
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Animated GIF's
These four animations are GIF's that Huck, Ben and myself made during one of our Moving Images classes. They, like all GIF's, are continuous loops made up of a set of still images, and are then played at a set fame rate.
Thomas Tallis Time Lapse from Ben Peters on Vimeo. |
Time LapsesTime lapses are, like GIF's, animations made from still images. The only difference is that time lapses are used to show a long period of time in a matter of seconds. To the left is a time lapse, that myself and my classmate Ben, made of my school's concourse. It took roughly 20 minutes to make, and is made up of roughly 500 photographs.
This time lapse went well, the effect is that it looks like the people are all in a toy village. I could have held the camera steadier, as it is shaking a lot, but i was forced to hold it by hand for 20 minutes because there were no tripods available for use. |
Stop Motion
A Stop Motion animation is similar to a GIF in that it is a moving video comprised of seperate still images. These can be photos, cartoons, or any other form of image. These are put side by side in an order that looks like each image is slightly moved from the last in what is essentially a very fast slideshow, which gives the effect of a flowing film. Where GIF's are looped to show a continuous movement, a Stop Motion is only played once, as a video file rather than a .gif file. Also, Stop Motions are usually longer than GIF's.
Ricky the Red Nose from Patrick Somers on Vimeo.