Montage-It! Week 2 Class & Take-Home

Flipbook

Our next media type was a flipbook. Though an unusual and uncommon method of communication, its simple and short, yet gives a good scope of the building and its circulation. It may also be faster than having to model the whole building in a 3D program and doesn't require a computer to show to anyone else. 
The task during class was to draw 15 slides as a person would move through the building, and then at home to make slides in between those so that each slide doesn't jump too much. On top of that, we needed to (in Photoshop) add people for scale and ensure that the transition between slides is smooth.

First slide

Last slide

Taking into consideration that when flipping not the whole image will be seen, I added a thick margin on the bound end enough to cover the size of the clip that will hold the pages together.

Size of the flipbook

In reality however, the edge was not thick enough as most of the image was still unseen. I used thin paper thinking that it wouldn't be too thick or stiff to flip and would make it lighter, however it caused the pages to clump and didn't work with the 24 slides that I had.
Positively, I did feel that the images were smooth between each slide, and that it was just the paper quality that wasn't right.

The following video shows how the images should play out: