Pixilation is the technique of stop motion animating live actors. It creates a very strange looking animation which drifts into the uncanny valley, since the people are moving so unnaturally. Some well known uses of this are Peter Gabriel's 'Sledgehammer' music video. This combined live action pixilation with stop motion in a very impressive way. In this instance, pixilation was used as a way to include Gabriel in with the animated elements. 
When thinking of an idea for the pixilation study task, I knew I wanted to have something that took advantage of the use of pixilation, by doing things that couldn’t be done normally. The first thing that came to mind was to have two people fighting so that I could have one fly down the corridor after being punched. I planned to make it somewhat comical and exaggerated. I am somewhat happy with this animation, though I think that not all of the actions turned out looking as good as I’d previously hoped. I think that some of the movements don’t look as expressive as I wanted. Also with the ‘flying’ punch at the end, we opted to just have Chloe sliding along the floor instead because it was easier for her to do. My original idea was to take pictures as just jumped down the corridor to have the illusion of flight. I also think that the movements were too drastic and don't make it feel as smooth as it could.
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