Assalamualaikum and hi everyone. For my Gamma 1 year, my second assignment / final project is about conducting research which done by myself for the data. This project focuses on animated information graphics that has linear structure of statistical content delivery plus no human interactivity required in this project. All visual and textual content should be created in semi-direct visual representive manner. Besides that, I need to provide my own statistical data chart (minimum 7 days).
Unstoppable is about something that we cannot control in our life and unpredictable such as yawn, fart and sneeze. I choose this topic because it quite interesting to count and make a data about something that we never realize it even though it happen in our life everyday. For information this project I have done in Ramadhan to avoid any misunderstanding.
A little research about fart.
A fart is a combination of gases (nitrogen, carbon dioxide, oxygen, methane, and hydrogen sulfide) that travels from a person's stomach to their anus. When a person swallows too much air or eats foods that the human digestive system cannot digest easily gas becomes trapped in his/her stomach. The only way for this excess gas to exit the body is through the anus. The gas that makes your farts stink is the hydrogen sulfide gas. This gas contains sulfur which causes farts to have a smelly odor. The more sulfur rich your diet, the more your farts will stink. Some foods that cause really smelly farts include: beans, cabbage, cheese, soda, and eggs. A scientific name for a fart is flatus or flatulence.
The word fart is just one of many different terms used to describe the release of gasses from the human body. Other popular names for farts or farting include: gassers, stinkers, air biscuits, bombers, barking spiders, rotten eggs, and wet ones. You can pass gas, break wind, blast, beef, poof, rip one, let one fly, step on a duck, and cut the cheese.
Farts can be stinky, wet, loud, or silent but deadly.
Extra facts about fart
-On the average, a healthy person farts 16 times a day.
-Everyone farts, including girls. In fact, females fart just as much as males.
-Many animals fart too. Cats, dogs, and cows. Elephants fart the most.
-People fart the most in their sleep.
-Farts that contain a large amount of methane & hydrogen can be flammable.
What is a sneeze ? A sneeze, or sternutation, is a semi-autonomous, convulsive expulsion of air from the lungs through the nose and mouth, usually caused by foreign particles irritating the nasal mucosa. A sneeze expels air forcibly from the mouth and nose in an explosive, spasmodic involuntary action resulting chiefly from irritation of the nasal mucous membrane. Sneezing is possibly linked to sudden exposure to bright light, sudden change (fall) in temperature, breeze of cold air, a particularly full stomach, or viral infection, and can lead to the spread of disease.
The function of sneezing is to expel mucus containing foreign particles or irritants and cleanse the nasal cavity.
Yawn. A yawn is a reflex of simultaneous inhalation of air and stretching of the eardrums, followed by exhalation of breath. Pandiculation is the act of yawning and stretching simultaneously.
Yawning in adults occurs most often immediately before and after sleep, during tedious activities and as a result of its contagiousness, and is commonly associated with tiredness, stress, overwork, lack of stimulation and boredom, though recent studies show it may be linked to the cooling of the brain.In humans, yawning is often triggered by others yawning (e.g., seeing a person yawning, talking to someone on the phone who is yawning) and is a typical example of positive feedback.This "infectious" yawning has also been observed in chimpanzees and dogs. Approximately 20 physiological reasons for yawning have been proposed by scholars, but there is little agreement about its main functions.
Yawn comes from Old English 'Ginian' and 'Gionian' meaning to "Open the mouth wide, gape," which in turn comes from the Proto-Germanic base gin-.
For more information
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/10/facts-yawning-why-we-yawn-contagious_n_3398301.html
Unstoppable is about something that we cannot control in our life and unpredictable such as yawn, fart and sneeze. I choose this topic because it quite interesting to count and make a data about something that we never realize it even though it happen in our life everyday. For information this project I have done in Ramadhan to avoid any misunderstanding.
A little research about fart.
A fart is a combination of gases (nitrogen, carbon dioxide, oxygen, methane, and hydrogen sulfide) that travels from a person's stomach to their anus. When a person swallows too much air or eats foods that the human digestive system cannot digest easily gas becomes trapped in his/her stomach. The only way for this excess gas to exit the body is through the anus. The gas that makes your farts stink is the hydrogen sulfide gas. This gas contains sulfur which causes farts to have a smelly odor. The more sulfur rich your diet, the more your farts will stink. Some foods that cause really smelly farts include: beans, cabbage, cheese, soda, and eggs. A scientific name for a fart is flatus or flatulence.
The word fart is just one of many different terms used to describe the release of gasses from the human body. Other popular names for farts or farting include: gassers, stinkers, air biscuits, bombers, barking spiders, rotten eggs, and wet ones. You can pass gas, break wind, blast, beef, poof, rip one, let one fly, step on a duck, and cut the cheese.
Farts can be stinky, wet, loud, or silent but deadly.
Extra facts about fart
-On the average, a healthy person farts 16 times a day.
-Everyone farts, including girls. In fact, females fart just as much as males.
-Many animals fart too. Cats, dogs, and cows. Elephants fart the most.
-People fart the most in their sleep.
-Farts that contain a large amount of methane & hydrogen can be flammable.
What is a sneeze ? A sneeze, or sternutation, is a semi-autonomous, convulsive expulsion of air from the lungs through the nose and mouth, usually caused by foreign particles irritating the nasal mucosa. A sneeze expels air forcibly from the mouth and nose in an explosive, spasmodic involuntary action resulting chiefly from irritation of the nasal mucous membrane. Sneezing is possibly linked to sudden exposure to bright light, sudden change (fall) in temperature, breeze of cold air, a particularly full stomach, or viral infection, and can lead to the spread of disease.
The function of sneezing is to expel mucus containing foreign particles or irritants and cleanse the nasal cavity.
Yawn. A yawn is a reflex of simultaneous inhalation of air and stretching of the eardrums, followed by exhalation of breath. Pandiculation is the act of yawning and stretching simultaneously.
Yawning in adults occurs most often immediately before and after sleep, during tedious activities and as a result of its contagiousness, and is commonly associated with tiredness, stress, overwork, lack of stimulation and boredom, though recent studies show it may be linked to the cooling of the brain.In humans, yawning is often triggered by others yawning (e.g., seeing a person yawning, talking to someone on the phone who is yawning) and is a typical example of positive feedback.This "infectious" yawning has also been observed in chimpanzees and dogs. Approximately 20 physiological reasons for yawning have been proposed by scholars, but there is little agreement about its main functions.
Yawn comes from Old English 'Ginian' and 'Gionian' meaning to "Open the mouth wide, gape," which in turn comes from the Proto-Germanic base gin-.
For more information
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/10/facts-yawning-why-we-yawn-contagious_n_3398301.html
Research
In this final project I had used 3 ways to produce the final output which is rotoscoping method, stop motion (animation) and motion graphic.
Basically
Rotoscoping is an animation technique in which live action video is traced to create animation that mimics the live action. The action is traced just to get the lines needed to capture the image, attempting to keep consistent linework from frame to frame while following the live action video's motion. The lines are then transferred to cels and painted as in normal traditional animation.This can be found in my video for intro part.
Next is about stop motion animation. Stop Motion Animation is a technique used in animation to bring static
objects to life on screen. This is done by moving the object in
increments while filming a frame per increment. When all the frames are
played in sequence it shows movement. Clay figures, puppets and
miniatures are often used in stop motion animation as they can be
handled and repositioned easily.
Stop motion animation is almost as old as film itself. Film makers needed a way to animate objects on screen and the technique was devised. The first instance of its usage is credited to J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith for bringing a toy circus to life in Humpty Dumpty Circus (1897).
Stop motion animation is almost as old as film itself. Film makers needed a way to animate objects on screen and the technique was devised. The first instance of its usage is credited to J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith for bringing a toy circus to life in Humpty Dumpty Circus (1897).
In this project, actually I put more an effort mostly for motion graphics.
Next is about motion graphics. Motion graphics are graphics that use video footage and/or animation technology to create the illusion of motion or rotation, and are usually combined with audio for use in multimedia projects. Motion graphics are usually displayed via electronic media
technology, but may be displayed via manual powered technology as well.
The term is useful for distinguishing still graphics from
graphics with a transforming appearance over time without
over-specifying the form.
Eventhough motion graphic looks very perfect but it have advantages and disadvantages.
Advantages:
-Can create some cool effects
-Can animate inanimate objects
Disadvantages:
-Difficult to get the correct speed
-Difficult to get consistent image quality so it looks like a continuous video instead of a series of images
-Have to separately create the audio track
-Difficult to get good, fluid animation
-Can create some cool effects
-Can animate inanimate objects
Disadvantages:
-Difficult to get the correct speed
-Difficult to get consistent image quality so it looks like a continuous video instead of a series of images
-Have to separately create the audio track
-Difficult to get good, fluid animation
In my video for this project I also use double exposure method during editing mostly in motion graphics part. Personally I think this method really interesting and can create a natural feeling in the artwork.
This some refferences and influence for me to try double exposure video
For more information
Process
In this project I have used two different softwares to create my Unstoppable video which is Adobe After Effects CS6 and Adobe Premier CS 6
Infographic for Unstoppable
For information all data are collected during Ramadhan. All the data are done by myself for 7days in a row starting from 25 July 2013 until 31 July 2013.
Final Output
Artist Statement
Unstoppable is about something that human can not control or denied in their life like a fart, sneeze and yawn. This is because all of these are recycled in the human body to keep healthy and live as a normal human being. In Unstoppable, I use myself to calculate and collect data to represent an unstoppable thing in my life for 7 days. For information about this project data, I did in Ramadhan(fasting) to avoid any misunderstanding. For the final output, I use my own data for a week and visualize it in video with duration 1.12 minutes by Adobe After Effects CS6 & Adobe Premier CS6.
