Animation basics: Homemade special effects - TED-Ed

Transcriber: Andrea McDonough Reviewer: Jessica Ruby

譯者: 庚鑫Toby 劉Liu 審譯者: 易帆 余

How do you get from point A to point B?

如何從 A 點到 B 點？

無聊！

Why not spice it up with homemade special effects?

要不要用自製的特殊效果試試？

A film is simply a series of images

一部影片是連續播放一系列的圖片後

played in sequence to create the illusion of motion.

產生動畫的結果。

If you manipulate those images,

如果你可以巧妙地控制這些圖片，

crazy things can happen.

好玩的事就會發生了。

We used a tablet and one of the many stop motion apps out there.

我們只要使用平板電腦

和一個製作定格動畫的 app 就可以了。

How do you get from point A to point B?

那你要如何從 A 點到 B 點呢？

We started off by taking a bunch of pictures of Celeste in place.

首先我們為小尉拍下許多定點照片，

Then, just like stop motion animation,

然後就像製作定格動畫一樣，

the character is moved just a bit

把主角移動一點點，

before the next picture is taken,

然後拍下照片，

which, in this case, creates a sliding effect.

這樣就會創造出滑動效果，

從 A 瞬移到 B。

Here we use the oldest trick in the book.

我們來使用書中介紹的老方法，

By alternating between photos

讓小尉一下出現在螢幕上，

of Celeste on-screen and off-screen,

一下消失在螢幕上，

we've made her childhood dream of teleportation a reality.

小尉兒時的夢想—— 瞬間移動就可以成真了。

With a little creativity, there are a million ways

你只要有一點點的創意，

加上百萬種的自製特效，

you can used homemade special effects

to make something as simple as

就可以把 A 點到 B 點這種簡單的事，

getting from point A to point B much more fun.

變得非常有趣

If you're at a loss for ideas,

若你想不出點子，

try finding inspiration in your surroundings,

看看四周或許可找到靈感。

like the refrigerator

像冰箱，

and your coat rack.

或衣帽架

You can even try incorporating

你也可以把家裡的日常用品 拿出來混搭試試，

everyday objects from around your house,

like, say, umbrellas

像雨傘、

or binder clips.

長尾夾，

Wherever there is an object,

只要有物品，

there is an opportunity to make it come to life.

就有機會實踐創意。

When humans are used in stop motion animation,

若定格動畫以人像為主題，

that's called pixilation,

則稱為「真人電影動畫」，

a term coined in the mid-twentieth century,

這是二十世紀中期的一個專有詞，

well before the word pixel was a part of our vocabulary.

後來 "pixel" 成為 我們常聽到的詞「像素」。

But these sorts of special effects

但這些特效的起源

are as old as the art of film making,

和電影製作藝術一樣久。

and thanks to today's technologies,

拜今日科技所賜，

can be reproduced in your very own kitchen.

在自己家就可製作特效。

Moving an object from point A to point B

從 A 點到 B 點，

is a fundamental principle of animation.

只是動畫的基本原則。

To learn more about the process

欲知更多製作細節

and the tools we used,

和我們使用的工具，

visit the "Dig Deeper" section on ed.ted.com.

請參閱 ed.ted.com 「Dig Deeper」 篇