Monday, September 28, 2009

Outline

Outline - Howl’s Moving Castle Animation vs. Reality

I. Introduction
• Laws of gravity are obeyed
• Gravity in illusions
• Gravity in flying
• Gravity of falling machines
• Thesis statement

II. Laws of gravity are obeyed
• The walking Castle
o (weight, balance, speed)
• The flying scooters going against the wind
o (opposing force)
• The falling of the last piece of castle
o (correct speed?)

III. Gravity in illusions
• Gravity is the same except there is no ground
• Gravity of water is imitated
• Gravity is of space while Howl “moves” his castle

IV. Gravity of falling machines
• The falling of the castle
• The crushing of the flying scooter
• The falling of the war blimp

V. Conclusion
• Summarize points
• Restate thesis

Friday, September 25, 2009

Video Analysis of Path of Action

Reference Jumps




Tracker Jump




Tracker Jump Screen-shot with Charts

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Extra Credit: San Francisco Cartoon Art Museum: Art of Sleeping Beauty


Me with Don Rias, the background artist for Sleeping Beauty on opening night. He signed a book for me. ^_^ It was a wonderful exhibit.

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Video Reference

I really did not have a ball. So I dropped my Party Animal on the floor instead. It ended up bouncing almost like a baseball.