On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 10:56 PM, Victoria Hughes <[email protected]> wrote: > A neophyte question: > What indicates so clearly the fake animation? Some of it seems fabricated
The one scene that I most suspect is fake is the giant walking sheep animation. Pay close attention to the legs... "chunks" of sheep retain the exact same shape, and appear to pass, unaltered through each other as the legs "cross". I know sheepdogs are amazing---but retaining the integrity of mini-clusters of sheep (and the positions of individual sheep) all relative to each other seems a bit beyond reality) Also, its a viral video for LED's... not a documentary about sheep-herding, so there's no requirement for absolute honesty in presentation. Also... the Mona Lisa is probably fake. Why I think so: In the close-up shots of shepherds arranging (and lifting) the sheep, we see mostly white sheep... some have assorted random colors of LED, too. What we don't see are any strongly single-colored sheep. Now, it may be that the LED rigs were build so that the overall color of the rig was selectable... but that would be a cheat, don't you think? ~~James ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
