Films

I have found this short film on procrastination and I consider it a huge influence. It is humorous and really gives the right effect I want my movie to reflect. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P785j15Tzk

I have also started to watch a few scenes from old Charlie Chaplin films and also Laurel and Hardy. I feel I can use the black and white filming techniques to relate back to Muybridge, and make my film look like it should be serious but actually has the opposite effect.
http://www.charliechaplin.com/films
http://www.laurel-and-hardy.com/

Procrastination

I have collected in quite a few of my short questionnaires now and I am beginning to plan out a story board for my film. So far the most common things to do when procrastinating are to listen to music and to clean. To make a cup of tea and to prepare and eat food. I have made a small bar graph to show the most common activities to perform whilst procrastinating.

Stop Motion Animation

I have looked at the progression and evolution of the moving image, by researching and making nineteenth-century "philosophical toys" such as the thaumatrop, zoopraxiscope and phenakistoscop. I feel I have developed a much deeper understanding of how influential Muybridge was, and how stop motion animation evolved. I am now able to move onto the next crucial part oif my project, by researching into stop motion animation techniques and artists. One of which includes Jan Švankmajer, a surrealist artist and filmmaker who specialises in stop motion animation.

Silent Student Film

I came across this whilst searching for old fashioned films. It really picks up the important aspects of old filming – trying to envoke emotion and humour with no sound or words, amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dI4xwd07nQ&feature=player_embedded

Magic Lantern Shows

I have still been looking into the early inventions of moving image, and was suggested to look into magic lantern shows. I've found an interesting video on youtube (click here) and I am coming to understand the evolution of moving image and the creation of stop motion animations.

Thaumatrope

Experimenting with different ways of moving image...
I have started to experiment with ways of which people first ever attmepted motion in images, and understanding their progression towards stop motion animation.

Laurel and Hardy

Suggestion to watch as my film can relate to the genre. Contribution to film research.