An Introductory Workshop by Gary Schwartz Single Frame Films Overview Students immerse themselves in the theory and practice of animation in this intensive hands-on workshop. Personal expression in both individual and group projects emphasized. The strip is placed inside the drum, images facing inward. The drum is spun, viewers looking through the spinning apertures and the drawings come to life. Metamorphosis and squash and stretch will be covered.
Emphasis is placed on personal expression.
Students create animated movies bound together in book form. When these pages are flipped, the drawing breathe with motion. Unlike the zoetrope which has a never ending cyclical format, the flipbook has a beginning, middle and end. Each drawing of the flipbook will differ just a little from the previous frame. Index cards are semi-transparent, allowing a visual reference of the previous frames for small, incrementally drawn changes from frame to frame.