PXL Animation?

[Brian Johnston <darienhandlebars@hotmail.com>]

A friend of mine, who is a talented anime/manga artist, decided that he 

wanted to make an anime at home.  Nothing large, just maybe some sort of 

15-minute deal.  I thought it was a good idea, and offered to lend him 

my VHS camcorder so he could make it.  Then I showed him the wonderful 

world of pixelvision, and he wants to use my camera for the project.  A 

few questions have risen, now.



1.  What we're planning isn't animation of a typical sense.  What we're 

hoping to do is just have each drawing on the screen for about 3 seconds 

at a time, so it would be more like the old "Paddington the Bear" kind 

of animation, if anybody besides me remembers that.  But, we've tried a 

few test frames, and there's a lot of video disturbance when the VCR 

pauses, then records, then pauses, etc.  Is there a better way to do 

this?



2.  We're having trouble shooting the drawings.  Not enough light, the 

entire screen is a mess of gray.  Try adding more light, and the 

screen's a mess of white.  Should we try backlighting the drawings?



3.  Has anybody else done this or is this completely unfamiliar 

territory?



Thanks.



-Brian G. Johnston I





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