Week 13

Exercise 3

Exercise 4

1)  Apart from their different sizes, it is obvious from Luxo Jr. that the big lamp is “older” and that the small lamp is “younger”.

How is this communicated by the animation? Give at least THREE examples.

Do NOT say because the small lamp is playing with a ball, or that its name is Luxo Jr. – you should be looking at the animation, how the lamps move and emote (emote means to express emotions).

The big lamp did not move as much as the small lamp, showing that the small lamp is more active and has more energy like a younger person has over an older person. The big lamp's movement when it hits the ball is slower compared to the small lamp and the small lamp is mischievous as it jumped on the ball and burst it while the big lamp just watch the small lamp play. The big lamp shakes its head when the small lamp got a bigger ball to play with, showing both lamps' maturity level.

2)  Give an example from Luxo Jr of how timing is used for comic effect. Explain how the timing decisions contribute to the humour.

     The small lamp wiggles its body before hopping, this shows the excitement and the lamp preparing to hop and the timing to put this wiggling of the body gives it a comic effect. The small lamp jumped on the ball and is rolling on it. When the ball deflates, the small lamp becomes rigid, then the ball deflates. The timing for that particular scene gives a sense of humor as the ball did not deflate while rolling but when the lamp stops rolling.

3) When you create a joint chain, these form a hierarchy, with the first joint at the top and the last joint at the bottom. Explain why this is necessary for the joints to work properly.

   If the joints do not work properly, the whole thing will look disoriented, unstable and unrealistic in a negative way.