Pose to pose animation
Pose to pose animation is a term used for animation. The animators draws key poses for the characters and then let tweeners generating intermediate frames between two images to give the appearance that the first image evolves smoothly into the second image. The interpolation however, is a straight a to b animation. That way the animation ends up having the characters just end up going from pose to pose, which is unlike what a live action actor would do.[1] Canadian animator John Kricfalusi is very critical of the technique and explains he wants "to try moving the characters in crazy fun ways, not just looking funny each time they come to a stop".[1] In computer animation, armatures are posed and keyframed, so that the poses can later be interpolated (a mathematical term meaning to make a transition between two points) to create complex or natural motions (like a cat walking, or breakdancing). Pose to pose is based on forward kinematics, and is used in 3D applications such as Blender (software) that lack good quality inverse kinematics.
[edit] Examples
Music Video by Chryssie Hynde, Tube And Berger, most all motions are pose to pose.
The Doctor Who animated special Dreamland is an example of pose to pose animation styles.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Kricfalusi, John (October 12, 2011). "Simpsons Interview pt 2: Models and Abandoning Inbetweens". John K Stuff. http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2011/10/simpsons-interview-pt-2-models-and.html. Retrieved October 28, 2011.
