Stop Motion Animation of Falling

The first thing I did for this project was to create a chart based on the (Distance in inches) = (Number of Frames)^2 * (1/3 inch) formula for 24fps video. Once I had the frame to distance mapped out I rigged measuring tape to a pole next to my scene. I skewered my apple and placed a piece of tape on the skewer to help with alignment. After taking all of my shots at the varying distances I imported everything into GIMP and took myself out of the images. leaving just the background and the apple. I used SAM Animation to compile the images into the video clip. Just to double check i loaded the video into tracker to make sure my y axis was a parabolic arc.

Video analysis of path of action

Tracker video analysis of falling

Video Reference

(This video was recorded at 1080p so feel free to increase the resolution.)

Mini-Portfolio

Alexand's First Bath

First show at Hard Rock Orlando

Flying my RC plane

Hi I'm Zane. I'm currently a Computer Science major at San José State University. This is the first Art class at a college level that i'm taking. I've taken a good deal of Science classes at SJSU such as; Intro to Java, Intro to Data Structures, Data Structures & Algorithms, Intro to Computer Systems, Computer Architecture, Operating Systems, and Object-Oriented Design. This semester I will be taking Windows Programming and Artificial Intelligence. When I finish school I would like to go into Game Design. I'm specifically leaning towards Graphics or Engine programmer.

The First Post

This is the first blog posting for my Fall 2012 Phys 123 class.