PROJECT 1 FINAL: POSTER

This sheet is meant to act as a kind of movie poster to "advertise" for the final animation sequence of project 1. The idea is based off of posters used for movies, in which a major scene / collage representative of the whole of a movie is the largest image on the page, and scene's highlighting the moments of the most important actors in the movie are shown with it. The "major scene" is a still from the final Project 1C animation, while the "actors" are the Project 1A drawings, stills from the Project 1A animation, and stills from the Project 1B animation. This poster also promotes the idea that everything builds upon that from which it followed.

PROJECT 1 FINAL: ANIMATION

This is the final animation for project 1. It is a culmination of the entire project, and consists of the final animations from projects 1A through 1C. The first segment is the original video of Yuval that formed the basis of the entire project. The second segment consists of a slide show showing the analytical drawings made from Yuval's video. The third segment is an animation of the model, showing off the form of the model. The next segment is the project 1B final (framing exercise) and the final segment is the final from project 1C (sectioning exercise). All segments are repeated three times for the purpose of presentation; allowing enough time for an explanation to be given for each sequence. As a viewer, one can take the repeating sequences as a chance to catch things not seen when the animations are first seen.

PROJECT 1Av3: ANIMATION

I've decided to make an animation for presenting the analysis drawings I used to create the digital models in FormZ.


The order of the lines that appear in the trace point drawings may seem arbitrary at first, but it actually corresponds to a clockwise order around Yuval's body, starting with his center, going to his right shoulder, and then around his body to his head. This is the same order I've used for the sequence animations in Project 1C.

PROJECT 1Av2: DIGITAL MODEL

These are the stills of the new digital models, using the lines from both the old drawings and the new drawings in an attempt to create a more graceful form.

The first set of models corresponds the video where Yuval goes across the screen.

Axonometric viewFront view
Top view
Right view
Isometric view showing the control lines; the darker lines are those used in the first version; all lines correspond to the drawings in the previous post.

The next set of renderings corresponds to the movie where Yuval is going into the background.
Axonometric view
Front view
Top viewRight view
Isometric view with the control lines.

Upon creation of these models, the newer models appear to be more compact and rounded than the previous versions. However, in terms of re-presenting the original animation it came from, the first model is more successful than the second model. The first model has a flowing feel to it, like a ribbon floating in space, while the second looks like a twisted up ball of fabric.

PROJECT 1Av2: BASE DRAWINGS

This is the second version of project 1A. What separates this version from the previous is that I have increased the number of trace points from five to nine. The purpose being to see if increasing the number of trace points would result in a more graceful form in the digital model.

These are the two views showing the new control lines. The red corresponds to the right shoulder, the yellow corresponds to the left shoulder, the magenta corresponds to the left knee, and the cyan corresponds to the right knee.
These drawings show all of the control lines. The older lines are darkened to help separate them from the new lines. Colors are the same as before with the dark red being the right hand, the dark yellow being the left hand, the dark green being the head, the dark magenta being the left foot, and the dark cyan being the right foot.

PROJECT 1A: DIGITAL MODELS

These are a series of images created from three dimensional models created and rendered in FormZ.
This model is based off the drawings for the viewpoint where Yuval goes across the screen. It is a nurbs surface generated off of the lines connecting Yuval's extremities. Note it is a relatively tube-like form up to the point where Yuval's jump is recorded.
This is the same model, same view, but with the control lines shown as cylinders to show how the form was derived. As from before, green is the head, red is the right hand, yellow is the left hand, magenta is the left foot, and cyan is the right foot.

This is a set of orthagonal views of the model in the order of top, right side-end, and front. Note the front view. This is the view from which the lines from the drawings were extracted.This is the model created from the second set of drawings based off the view point where Yuval is moving away from the camera. This twisted form is the result of control lines that were drawn in a three dimensional manner, whereas the first model's lines were created two dimensionally.
The control lines are shown from the same view.

These two orthagonal views show the model from the front and top.
This is the view from the right. I kept it separate to make a point of how this view of this model corresponds to the view the first model was made in (front view).

PROJECT 1A: BASE DRAWINGS

These are the base drawings which will be used to generate the models that will be shown in the next post.
This first image is a series of stills combined to show Yuval in different positions at a set interval.

This image takes Yuval's forms, and shows how they overlap during his movement.
This image shows the connections between each of Yuval's extremities; green is the head, red is the right hand, yellow is the left hand, magenta is the left foot, cyan is the right foot.

These images do the same as the previous three for the second camera angle.

PROJECT 1A: BASE VIDEO

This is the footage I will be analyzing for the first part of the project 1. This video shows the both of the angles taken.

Yuval showing off his martial arts moves.