Making a TED-Ed Lesson: Synesthesia and playing cards

翻译人员: Yishu Siow 校对人员: Ke Ding

In this short video,

在这个短片中，

we're going to show you how we used animation

我们将告诉您，如何在TED-Ed的联觉课堂上

to make custom playing cards to do magical tricks

运用动画并透过特制的扑克牌

in TED-Ed's Lesson on synesthesia.

来展示魔术技巧。

Synesthesia is a neurological condition

联觉是一个神经性现象，

in which two or more senses are paired together

即两种、甚至多种感觉被联系起来，

to create a completely new experience.

形成一种崭新的体验。

For example, many synesthetes see letters

举例来说，许多有联觉的人

and numbers in colors,

觉得数字或字母是有颜色的，

even when they are printed in black.

即使它们本身是黑色印刷的。

Or they can taste certain words.

或者，联觉的人们可以 尝到某个字的味道

For instance, jail tastes like bacon.

比如，”监狱“这个词尝起来像培根。

Because synesthesia generally involves

因为联觉通常会涉及到

the brain pairing up two or more senses,

大脑中两种、或多种感官的配对，

we paired up playing cards

所以我们把玩扑克牌

with unique,

与独特的、有颜色的、能激发内心感觉的符号

colorful,

and visceral symbols.

进行配对。

We then used an animation technique

接着，我们利用一种动画技术，

called stop motion

即逐格动画，

to manipulate the cards in ways

来处理这些卡片，

that would be otherwise physically impossible.

并让卡片以超现实的方式呈现。

And as the cards were flipping,

当卡片正在被翻开、洗牌和滑动的时候，

shuffling,

and sliding,

we used a mixture of animation and reality

我们将动画与真实混合，

to ensure that the symbols on the cards

来确保卡片上的符号

did their part to explain the nuances of synesthesia.

确实能够解释联觉中 的细微不同。

This type of animation is very difficult to pull off

若缺乏事前规划，

without some planning first.

这类的动画制作难度很高。

A storyboard is a series of still images

分镜脚本 是一系列的静态影像，

that basically serve as a road map

它就像整个动画

for an animation from beginning to end.

的线路图一样。

An animatic is a storyboard in motion.

而”动态脚本“则是动态的分镜脚本。

By making the animatic,

透过动态脚本，

we were able to review the digital motion for each shot,

我们可以检视 每一个镜头的数码动作，

which allowed us to progressively work out timing,

并由此一步步设计出时间点、

camera positioning,

相机位置、

and, most importantly,

还有最重要的

any challenges we anticipated

任何在最后动画制作时

in the final animation process.

可能遇到的挑战。

How many hands do you need to shuffle a deck of cards?

你需要多少只手来洗牌呢？

Here, we wanted to emphasize each nucleotide

这里我们想要强调DNA序列里

in the DNA sequence

的各个核苷酸，

and stop motion allows for more control.

逐格动画可以让我们 更全面的控制成果。

By shuffling between individual frames,

在各个影格中来回检视，

we could ensure that each card

我们可以确保每一张牌

had a controlled amount of screen time,

出现在画面上的时间一样长，

in this case, three frames,

即大约是三个影格，

and that the card's placement was consistent.

并且纸牌在画面中的 位置是一致的。

But sometimes four hands just isn't enough.

但有时候，四只手也不够。

We use this trick a lot in this lesson,

多亏了我们的秘密材料，

all thanks to one secret ingredient:

我们在课程中才得以大量使用这个技巧：

Play-Doh!

粘土。

By molding the Play-Doh into different sized pyramids,

通过不同大小的锥状粘土，

the cards can be held in different positions,

卡片可以被固定在不同的位置上。

always keeping the pyramid big enough

记得只有锥状粘土足够大，

to support the card,

它才可以很好的支撑纸牌，

but small enough to not be seen

但它也不能大到被看到，

and to not cast its own revealing shadow.

甚至得避免让观众看到 粘土的影子。

Making an animated movie

制作一个动画影片，

is like making a delicious layer cake.

就像制作一个可口的夹心蛋糕一样。

It's up to the animators

动画师可以自己决定

to create the many planes, or layers.

要使用多少图层。

The use of green screen

而使用绿幕则可以使我们

enables us to shoot individual elements moving,

制作单一对象移动的效果，

and to later assemble those layers

并且在后制的时候，

one on top of the other.

把这些图层任意迭加。

Using software, we key out the green color,

我们利用程序就可以把

both on the background

背景和粘土上的

and Play-Doh.

绿色部分去除。

Layer the cards,

处理好纸牌图层，

add the hands,

把手加进来，

insert a background,

再添加一张背景。

and if you planned your ingredients carefully,

如果你在准备材料的时候足够细心，

everything should come together just right.

那么所有东西组合起来就是完美的。

So, grab some fishing wire,

因此，准备一些钓鱼线、胶水、

胶带和筷子，

glue,

masking tape,

chopsticks,

and whatever else you can find.

以及任何你找得到的东西。

We'd love to see you make some of your own

我们希望看到你制作的

animated illusions.

属于你自己的动画影片。