"Stop Motion Animation of Falling"

     For my stop-motion I decided to animate my artist's mannequin. Using tape, string, and out-of-shot books to hold my character in the air, I managed to shoot him in the process of the fall. It was very difficult to get my character in the right place, and I wish I had been able to find my jewelry wire, as that might've been more stable and reliable.

Video analysis of path of action

Graphs!

Tracking the jump.

Original video of jumps. 

Tracker video analysis of falling tennis ball

Video Reference

Oh my gosh! It worked!

Fourth Down at Half Time.

Mini-Portfolio

Phew. A whole film. 

Night...

... and Day.

Sometimes all that work makes me feel like a zombie.







     My name is Allena Hail and I am a 6th year student of Animation and Illustration. I'm currently in Viz Dev and Illustration classes and I would really love to go into a job that lets me draw and paint. I like working with computers too. My father was an amateur astronomer and I grew up waiting for iridium flares and looking at Jupiter through a telescope. Since then I've learned to love the whole array of science's, however, sadly my only knowledge of physics comes basic science courses, general interest when the topic arises, and Lawrence Krauss's book Fear of Physics. Being a science illustrator would actually be pretty close to the perfect job.

First Post!

(For real this time!)