'Defective Detective' - Avner Geller and Stevie Lewis

I love the style of this short animation as the character shapes and plot are kept simple,

yet the colouring and use of shadows and silhouettes give a dramatic feel to each scene.

Zoetrope Animation

A Zoetrope is a cylindrical drum with slits through the sides. 

When a sequence of images is placed on the inner surface and the Zoetrope 

is rotated in a continuous motion, it creates the illusion of movement, 

therefore the images become animated.

Using a type of animation software called 'Dragonframe' I was able
 to capture each individual image of my Zoetrope animation and replay it in 
a sequence to show the movement that would happen inside the Zoetrope itself.
For Zoetrope animation I found it much easier to choose simple forms 
as we experimented with metamorphosis. This involves changing one image
into another and repeating the process. The two elements I chose were an umbrella 
and a mushroom- the animation is shown below. 

Flip-book animation

This type of animation is where a series of collected images or drawings

 are combined and flipped over one another to create the illusion of 
movement and animate a sequence.

This flip-book animation on YouTube uses sound effects to bring the various 

elements of the animation together successfully- which shows exploring and using 
sound is a vital part of making an animation flow much more smoothly. 

The fluid movements of the hands and the character as the pages flip 

are also well put together as the small changes between each page make the 

movements seem more life-like and realistic.