found object animation

Found Object Animation

Object animation is a form of stop motion animation that involves the animated movements of any non-drawn objects such as toys, blocks,dolls, etc. which are not fully malleable, such as clay or wax, and not designed to look like a recognizable human or animal character.

Object animation is considered a different form of animation distinct from model animation and puppet animation, as these two forms of stop-motion animation usually use recognizable characters as their subjects, rather than just objects like static toy soldiers, or construction toys such as toys, lego brand bricks etc.

Object animation is often combined with other forms of animation, usually for a more realistic effect (e.g., Model Animation or Puppet Animation to add more complex movement or depth to the characters). For example; A toy car can be animated, but is more often animated with a character easily seen driving the car.

The use of animated objects in film has been present since the early days of cinema.

The animators of find object:

Adam Pesapane, akaPES

A first look at the work of Adam Pesapane, akaPES, brings to mind the films of Jan Svankmajer, the 73 years old Czech surrealist whose food- related stop-motion animations can be seen as an influence in the University of Virginia alum's playful and unusual uses of chow for all sorts of anarchic configurations and stories.
"I learned a lot by watching [Svankmajer's] films," said PES in an exclusive interview with Tilzy.TV. "I liked what he was doing with objects, using them as ideas and textures.

The found object animations by PES from youtube:

Western Spaghetti

Fresh Guacamole

Jan Švankmajer

"I never call myself an animated flimmaker because I am interested not in animation techniques or creating a complete illusion, but in bringing life to everyday objects." 

Jan Švankmajer (born 4 September 1934 in Prague) is a Czech surrealist artist. His work spans several media. He is known for his surreal animations and features, which have greatly influenced other artists such as Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, The Brothers Quay and many others. Švankmajer has gained a reputation over several decades for his distinctive use of stop-motion technique, and his ability to make surreal, nightmarish and yet somehow funny pictures. He is still making films in Prague. Švankmajer’s trademarks include very exaggerated sounds, often creating a very strange effect in all eating scenes. He often uses very sped-up sequences when people walk and interact. His movies often involve inanimate objects coming alive and being brought to life through stop-motion. Food is a favorite subject and medium. Stop-motion features in most of his work, though his feature films also include live action to varying degrees.

The found object animation by Jan Svankmajerr from youtube:

Meat Love

 A Game with Stones 1965

  

I did a found object animation presentation to the class with Kyle and Alex. and here's the workshop powerpoint:

This is the video of the found object animation which has done by a group of three. The materials that we found in the art studio are: a rubber, a plastic thumb, some little piece of clothes, camera and camera stand. Before we started making this video, we paid attention for looking some useful and safe objects which is not like knife, scissors or can opener for health and safety. The story is about a couple and how they fell in love. It's inspired by the PES- the animator of found object animation. For the characters, the only girl in this video wears a pink dress, pink headband and long curly hair. Those details could help people understand which roles they are playing. We did experiments then we took enough amounts of frames for this animation because of the characters have been created, therefore we took the following frames quickly and finished it in a shorty time. I found it's hard during video it, next time i would put more attention on the story line and the angles, using a camera stand is very important as well to keep on the right positions.