The Final Countdown ;) SCANIMATION

PERSISTENCE OF VISION: Eyes, Lies, and Illusions...........chapter vi

   Right I have settled on an area that I wish to produce my final project on. I was going to cover a few, like light source persistence of vision and Zoetropes, even look into magic lanterns. But I came across these scanimations and decided to just to do that one and make a decent project from it instead. Plus it looks awesome.

   I used tutorials from the net plus as well as with the help of Ted to learn how to create these cool looking animated optical illusions. What I like about it is that it is similar to methods such as the Zoetrope but is able to have a comtemporary spin upon creating them. Being interested in animation, this method allows me to experiment with techniques that was used in the olden days to create the effect of movement but also allows me  to be hands on with software like Photoshop and Animbar. Helping me get a grasp on multiple software and increasing my confidence in using them. My concept or subject matter I am going to explore in my project is the concept of iconic cartoon figures or fictional characters. This includes figures like Pac man, Elmo, Mickey the Mouse etc, cartoon or video characters that are famous or well known in todays society even though they were created decades ago. Basically I want to take characters that were created in times where film and animation technology were available, and bring them back into a time where they weren't. Where Zoetropes and a like were used instead and animation was as simple as a flip book. Why? Because these characters have a huge impact on society and each character carries a massive francise with them that we can't get enough of. Garfield who was originally created as a comic strip by Jim Davis in the 70s now has been 3D animated along side with real life Bill Murray in 'Garfield the Movie' in 2004 being that the technology to do so was available which widen the Garfield francise further. Mickey Mouse was created in 1928 and the francise is extreme. He even has a Hollywood star on the walk of fame. Now a days there is even a Disney Channel with shows like the Mickey Mouse Club etc. His silhouette of his head and ears are even iconic. So with characters such as him, I want to turn them into scanimations inorder to pick at the idea of "down grading" them as such. Bring them back to a technique that would have been used before the film and animation we see today was even around. A sort of jibe of how influenced society is with technology as a whole.