Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Pika Pika (Stop Motion Video)

PIKA PIKA
Stop motion is a video that uses a light source such as touch light and when the light source is moved then it will formed an alphabet or icon. Stop motion or also known as stop action or frame-by-frame is an animation technique to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on it's own. The object is moved in small increments between individually photographed frames, creating the illusion of movement when the series of frames is played as a continuous sequence. Therefore, the frames of the stop motion will only be captured using a digital camera or the most common is Digital Single Lense Reflex camera (DSLR).

Pika-pika or in another word 'Light Writing' is an emerging form of stop motion animation wherein still images are captured using the technique known as Light painting or light drawing are put in sequence thereby creating the optical illusion of movement for the viewer.


So this is the procedure how the Pika Pika is done: by sequencing skills taken with 4-30 seconds exposure as lights are moved in and through the frame this effects creates the optical illusion that the light is moving. Zoom, pans, tilts, and most other motion camera techniques can be applied with standard stop motion approaches. The most common technique is to capture multiple second exposures of light moving from one point to another in the frame. As the sequence is built the beginning and ending points of the lights motion can be moved along a given path.

In other words, light writing is most akin to another term of stop motion animation known as direct manipulation animation. A series of long exposure photograph of people waving around lights are combined to create very cool abstract animation, bringing happiness to all.

These are the few examples of Pika-pika that is uploaded at the website.


This video was awarded the Pika-pika 2007



This is a pika-pika that filmed at Kanagawa, Japan

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