Mock Ups

Some mock-ups of my next 3D Zoetrope tests (please view them in fullscreen so you can see them properly), you just need to imagine the whole videos printed out and joined end to end so they form cylinders. The first is based on a grid system - I split the length of the cylinder into the 33 frames required of the zortrope, then split them into equal parts, each frame being 6 squares in length (although I’m working on a version that’ll be 12 per frame). Then I just used Photoshop to colour in the squares, and sequenced them in After Effects.

It’s all a bit random and cheesey at the moment but I think it has potential, especially if I layer up a few more grids behind it and sort out the colours, maybe simplify the movements quite a bit. This next one is using multiple layers, and again will be printed out to form a cylinder. I was trying to keep this one simple, but I think I’ll test out the grid one first cos it’s a bit more interesting and less fiddly to put together…

These will hopefully lead to some sort of instllation in the near future, and l should have some footage of it in action soon.