User:Quinten Swagerman

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Graduation

LCD zoetrope tests

A test using a circular array of smartphones - to find out if zoetropic motion is possible with LCD screens. Findings:

• It works
• The limited viewing angle doesn't seem to be a problem
• When viewed in the dark the screens seem to 'float' mid-circle
• The screens reflect into each other, better use non-or-less-reflective ones
• In a dark environment the screens cast beams of light on the surroundings
• As with a regular zoetrope, images get slightly squished horizontally
• This test should be repeated with just iPhones, set on the same brightness, and using thinner slits.

Shadowplay tests

Makeshift setup:

Reference

Jonas Odell - Här Är Karusellen - an animation, all scenes are looped

Piotr Kamler - Le Trou - looped animation, abstract contraption

Paul Driessen - Ei om zeep - looped animation, zoom out, freggtal

Johnny Kelly and Matthew Cooper - I am not an Artist - gif loops, small, photography and vector illustration

Shynola - Move Your Feet - tiny videoclip, hand pixeled

Mrzyk & Moriceau - Sing Sang Sung - ball, changing landscape, journey

Proposal

• My proposal as of 2012/01/12

Thesis

• Things to read as of 2012/03/19
• Was geschah wirklich zwischen den Bildern - Werner Nekes (1985)

Tutorial notes

• A tutorial with Karel on the 11th of april
• A tutorial with Barend on the 29th of march
• A tutorial with Simon on the 27th of march
• A tutorial with Aymeric on the 26th of march
• A tutorial with Richard Wright in five URLs
• Karel Doing notes

Misc

• Displays for a possible display-based zoetrope