Animation of procedural parameters

Definition of "animation"

Squash and stretch

Yeah, yeah...

Autonomous motion

Motion with a purpose

This is a new way of understanding structuralist film practice in the 1960s and 70s.

Procedural animation

The frame-by-frame alteration of the parameters used to construct the image

Any parameter that is specified can be animated.

Different domains of animation specification

Pixel - a mosaic of colored tiles

"Set [100,200] to red."

Image - layers of primary colors (RGB)

"Increase the picture's contrast."

Shape - graphical operations

"Draw a yellow square."

Object - a simulated photograph

"Render a frog in a spotlight."

Animation tutorial

The animation scripts are only multiple-frame versions of the scripts we've already seen.

Anything that can be specified can be animated.

Therefore, the means of specification are critical.

Commercial animation software products?

     What gets removed so the product can be marketed and sold?
     What gets included so the product will appeal to the market?
     What are the possible relationships of an artist to computational tools?