HW6: Stop Motion Animation of Falling

I used SAM, the webcam that came with my HP laptop, and my cat's toy mouse. I taped the mouse onto the wall and reshot the scene 3 times in order to get the technique down. I also taped the mouse in 2 spots; behind its body and the tail so I could control how the tail would look.
I set SAM to save at 15.2 fps; I thought it looked best this way. Total of 18 frames.
Originally, I really wanted to make 'top 3' and I thought about photoshopping my cat into the video (so it would look like she held the mouse and dropped it).. but after many tries, I decided that this was beyond my ability.

So... please use your imagination and enjoy:


Untitled from jasmine su on Vimeo.

HW5: Video analysis of path of action

HW4: Tracker video analysis of falling

The falling placemat object may explain the non-parabolic arc?

HW3: Video Shooting Reference

Camera: Canon SD1100 IS
FPS: 30/fps
Object: Placemat

HW2: Mini Portfolio

I'm not an animator, but I did take an adobe illustrator class back in 2003. Here are 2 of my originals:

Adriana Lima (Victoria's Secret Model)

"Gfortune" - an event that unfortunately never happend

This is a video (made from a powerpoint slideshow) that we made for a friend's wedding:

I am currently a graduating senior with Accounting Information Systems concentration. I used to major in graphic design, once upon a time. I'm 27 years old and am very proud to almost graduate with my bachelors. It's been a long road with some rough times. I currently work for Bon Appetit Management Company at Google. We take care of the "free food" at Google. I've never taken any physics courses, so everything that we've learned so far I find very interesting. I enjoy sleeping, hanging out with friends, traveling, and I have a super cute cat. If I get the chance as part of an assignment, I will likely be uploading videos of her!

First blog post for Art 123

Hi, this is my first post to prepare for homework #1 for Art 123, Spring 2010