The 12 Principles of Animation apply to our project as follows:

Squash and stretch-*To be added later after further thought*

Anticipation-There is a buildup to the implosion and a pause before it happens

Staging-We are looking into the placement and organization of elements in the scene

Pose to pose-Applies where we use frame by frame animation to transition between patterns

Follow through and overlapping action-Momentum from the spinning action carries over into the transitions

Slow in/out-Spinning starts slowly and slows down

Arcs-Traveling "stars" move towards center in arcs rather than straight lines

Secondary action-There are no connected elements to influence with secondary action in our animation.

Timing-Music cues and making sure it is slow enough that you can see it

Exaggeration-We have an explosion? It will be quite exaggerated

Solid Drawing-We will draw each frame well.

Appeal-The spinning "stars" are visually appealing and mesmerizing optical illusions

This is officially the coolest thing I have seen so far today.

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and I thought of this for sound (the vid is interesting too, ties in well with the whole endless chain of spinning thing)

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Ah, this is cool.

Paper Toy Transformer - Transformer De Papel - Celebrity bloopers here

hey i was wondering if yall have came up with any of the sounds yet?

!Warning! The following links lead to images that are significantly trippy. They are the best examples I have found to date of animated contraction:

Radiance

Illusion

Water

Phoenix

Quasar

Okay, so I was brainstorming and I thought of the idea of folds. A big, possibly obstructive outfit that will just retract back into itself. It'll involve lots of string but it's a thought.

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I really liked the concept that Collin and I discussed of the large peacock tale-type thing that Amy would fold up at the start. It has a whole "leave them wanting more" aspect that I think works really well.

If we were to integrate the folding peacock tail with the kinetic sculptures of my previous post, the end result could be fantastic.

Here are a few links to some interesting pieces along with my thoughts that tie with them.

Peacock 1-If we are sticking to black materials, the effect of cutting out and layering more abstract, organic designs could be really neat
Peacock 2-Another example of some shapes that would work with a cutout design
White Peacock-On the other hand, full white shapes made of airy, light materials would also be quite striking.

I think we're supposed to start animating tomorrow, so it would be great to get further feedback from you guys. Amy, particularly what materials you are considering using since we are supposed to mirror them somehow.

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This video has a few examples of some really cool kinetic sculptures that produce the illusion of both contracting and expanding. On this page you will find more examples. I didn't look at all of them, but the concept is certainly something to consider.

and im not sure how to post a video but here the link to a really cool moving structure created by theo jansen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcR7U2tuNoY&feature=related

i was thinking that the concept of contracting/expanding can by found in the properties of a slinky

post up your references for the project here