Lesson Objectives
Overview
This week we have two items due – Rotoscoping Animation and Oral Presentation #2 (script only). Please give yourself enough time for both. Rotoscoping animation can be very time consuming if you are making a complex animation so what is due this week for the Oral Presentation is just your script (as Google Doc). Next week you will record it.
Rotoscoping is a technique that animators use to trace over motion picture footage, frame by frame, to produce realistic action. The action can be very carefully constructed to flow smoothly, such as in old Disney animated films or can be simple with a looser movement, which gives the output an interesting and hands-on look and feel.
Watch this in-depth overview of rotoscoping animation from The Little Big Screen:
In practice, the idea is not necessarily to trace the exact likeness of the image behind, but the essence of it. Watch this short group example with many different styles and levels of fidelity applied to the same simple running cat video.
Rotoscope Animation Example and Process
Historic Examples
Rotoscope as Video FX
Additional Resources
Historic Examples
Rotoscope as Video FX
Additional Resources