[Frameworks] Motion graphics title using slit-scan....

[Aaron F. Ross]

If anyone really wants to geek out on slit-scan 
madness, of course the apex of the art came quite 
early with Doug Trumbull's stargate corridor 
sequence for 2001. This was an extremely baroque 
studio setup with multiple moving planes of 
room-sized artwork, front and back lighting, 
motion control, and, of course, slit scan photography.

In 2002, someone extracted the original 
production artwork by unwrapping the edited film footage:

http://seriss.com/people/erco/2001/

Nowadays live-action style slit scan is super 
easy to accomplish with After Effects and other 
2D applications. And of course, many of the 
slit-scan classics (such as the Dr. Who main 
title) are much more easily accomplished with 3D software.

Aaron


At 10/31/2016, you wrote:
>John Whitney developed motion picture slit-scan 
>photography, and though he didn't really use it 
>in his own films, he did in his commercial 
>work.  But it pretty quickly became a standard 
>tool for effects houses, showing up in 
>commercials, logos, special effects movies, 
>etc., so there are probably lots of examples out 
>there from a lot of effects people.  Robert 
>Abel & Associates specialized in it.
>
>Like here's one example from Abel:
><https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsYFjITWXSo>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsYFjITWXSo
>
>
>Mark Toscano
>
>On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 10:07 AM, George, 
>Sherman <<mailto:sgeorge at ucsd.edu>sgeorge at ucsd.edu> wrote:
>Every time the Enterprise goes into warp drive 
>and the narrative scroll in 2001.
>Here is a link that is a pretty good explanation:
><https://vimeo.com/71702374>https://vimeo.com/71702374
>Hard work on film but there must be an easier way digitally.
>Sherman
>
> > On Oct 31, 2016, at 6:22 AM, Kasper Lauritzen 
> <<mailto:byldorf.films at gmail.com>byldorf.films at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Dear Frameworkers,
> >
> > I remember reading about slit scan 
> photography being used to make title sequences 
> where the static title is turned into a rolling 
> wave, by moving the printed title up and down. 
> I thought it was John Whitney who did it (I 
> could be wrong), but now I can't find it again, 
> and I forgot the original source.
> > So does anyone have a clue which film, TV 
> series or advertisement that used this 
> technique specifically to make the "wavy title"?
> >
> > Thank you very much
> > Kasper
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