Animation basics: Homemade special effects - TED-Ed

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[Music] [Music] how do you get from point A to point [Music] B why not spice it up with homemade special effects a film is simply a series of images played in sequence to create the illusion of motion if you manipulate those images crazy things can happen we used a tablet and one of the many stop motion apps out there how do you get from point A to point [Music] B we started off by taking a bunch of pictures of Celeste in place then just like motion animation the character is moved just a bit before the next picture is taken which in this case creates a sliding [Music] effect here we use the oldest trick in the book by alternating between photos of Celeste on screen and offscreen we've made her childhood dream of teleportation a reality with a little creativity there are a million ways you can use homemade special effects to make something as simple as getting from point A to point B much more fun [Music] a [Music] if you're at a loss for ideas try finding inspir ation in your surroundings like the refrigerator and your coat [Music] rack you can even try incorporating everyday objects from around your house like say umbrellas or binder [Music] clips wherever there is an object there is an opportunity to make it come to life when humans are used in stop motion animation that's called pixelation a term coined in the mid 20th century well before the word pixel was a part of our vocabulary but these sorts of special effects are as old as the art of film making and thanks to today's Technologies can be reproduced in your very own [Music] kitchen moving an object from point A to point B is a fundamental principle of Animation to learn more about the process and the tools we used visit the Dig Deeper section on ed.ted.com [Music]