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My name is Matt. I'm an interactive designer, and I make things move. I'm not an Animation/Illustration major although I have a great love for animation, but a Digital Media Art major. I find animation fascinating, and physics even more so. This blog was created for Art 123 - Physics of Animation at San Jose State University.

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Here you can find my recent class postings.

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The physics of Presto Wednesday, September 30, 2009 |



I. Introduction – A world of magic
  • a. Gravity and falling objects
  • b. Spacetime, wormholes, and teleportation
  • c. Magic vs reality
  • d. Thesis topic
II. Gravity - the inescapable force
  • a. Alex
  • b. Presto
  • i. Finale – Presto "defeats" gravity thanks to Alex and the wizard's hat
  • c. Falling analysis
  • i. Alex
  • ii. Presto
  • iii. Ladder
  • iv. Egg
III. Spacetime, wormholes, and teleportation
  • a. Spacetime - bending of space and time
  • i. Time - the 4th dimension
  • a. The wizard hat - some sort of wormhole or portal
  • i. Schwarzschild wormholes
  • ii. Teleportation of matter
  • iii. Fact or fiction?
IV. Magic vs reality
  • a. Ladder
  • i. Comedic effect
  • ii. Does not actually conform to gravity, Presto's weight not enough to counterbalance
  • b. Electrocution
  • i. Survivable?
  • ii. Immediate fall
  • c. Vacuum
  • i. Applicable force required
  • ii. Extreme vacuum situations
V. Conclusion
  • a. Summary/conclusion
  • b. Reiterate thesis - Physics always applies to animation, unless otherwise serves to be more entertaining.

Video analysis of path of action Friday, September 25, 2009 |






Tracker video analysis of falling Wednesday, September 16, 2009 |



Plot frame from the Tracker video analysis software of my puck drop. Pretty nice curve in the second plot that shows height as a function of time. Yaay for the powers of acceleration. If I had to guesstimate I'd say that puck is falling at 9.81 m/s².

Video Reference Tuesday, September 15, 2009 |



Video reference of an inline puck being dropped five consecutive times. This was shot at thirty frames per second. My camera sucks.