Experiment-Movement in Dogs

In this experiment I wanted to see the science behind the movement in dogs so I took loads of photos of Bongo doing different movements and then I would study the way that he uses his joints and legs to produce that movement and at what speed he did it in.

In these photos, you can easily see how a dog runs because it shows different stages of a dog's movements. I found this interesting to know becuase it shows how a dog's limbs move to make the dog run at their full capacity and how they are used to stop aswell. I think it is appealing to people because when watching a dog, you don't know how it stops or runs etc. but in still images this is made possible. This experimant has taught me how to follow a dog's movement which will be harder to do when I am filming and so it was an important experiment for the final outcome.

Experiment-Animations

My next experiment was to get a series of photos of Bongo running and then make it into a small animation. To get these photos, I made Bongo wait until I was ahead of him, then I would make him run in front of me so that I could get a series of photos.

A problem that I had whilst doing this animation was the sun. Because Bongo wouldn't sit still for long, I didn't have a lot of time to sort out my settings on my camera which meant that these photos were too bright. To solve this I sorted out my camera settings before I took any photos.

With this animation, the background was slightly different each time and so I had to photoshop the background each time to make it look the same.

Another problem that I had was that my drive mode isn't very fast so I would get big gaps in the series of photos. I thought this was bad whilst I was taking the photos, however, in the series below, there is an equal gap between each photo. This meant that Bongo was in the same position in each photo which I think is good because it shows a dog's positioning when they run and it is continuous.

To extend my animation idea, I tried to get Bongo running towards the camera so that he would get closer as the series went on.

This got me thinking that I could put these photos in a small animation where the last picture got replaced by the next one in the series. 

                                                   

I found this experiment extremely helpful becuase I caught some good series photos but also individual photos becuase I could take a pick of which moment I wanted to be an individual photo. This was also good becuase it taught me a lot about the movement of dogs which is my next experiment and led to my final outcome. I t also made my decision to make a film definite.