I haven’t ventured into creating my own content for an animated gif just yet (I’m still tossing around ideas), but I thought I’d try making a gif of an awesome video with music by the Zurich Chamber Orchestra.
I love this video because of how perfectly the staff syncs with the music and how the animators chose to highlight the drama of the music with the intensity of the rollercoaster.
If I was an animator as well as an educator, it would be awesome to animate student performances! Maybe make it an after concert project option? So many cool ways to go with this!
Anyway, here’s the gif! I had a really great time making it, and it was very easy!
I followed Jim Groom’s super easy to follow tutorial on making gifs using Open Source Software which can be found here!
Check out my other digital storytelling experiments here and here.
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James Jensen 
This GIF came out brilliantly, the way the musical notes turn the corner and the shot cutting up to the top totally creates the illusion of continuity. That is what is trippy, in many ways all of film language is just that, the illusion of continuity we create with the eye.
Thanks! I didn’t do a ton to get it there, but your guide really helped! I’m going to try it with a video I make next!
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