Exercise 4 (Pixar Lamps)

1)  Apart from their different sizes, it is obvious from Luxo Jr. that the big lamp is “older” and that the small lamp is “younger”.

How is this communicated by the animation? Give at least THREE examples.

- The 'younger' lamp is more active and faster in its actions.

-The 'older' lamp does not shift it's position as much as the 'young' lamp.

-The 'younger' lamp rotates and move its joints more than the 'older' lamp,more bends.(stretch out and inwards)

2)  Give an example from Luxo Jr of how timing is used for comic effect. Explain how the timing decisions contribute to the humour.

     An example will be the part when the 'young' lamp rolls out another bigger ball to play. It is because, the audience will know what will happen to the ball later on after seeing what it did to the first ball.The 'older' lamp then look towards the screen and shook its head telling how active and playful the 'young' lamp is even after its first ball was inflated. 

3)   When you create a joint chain, these form a hierarchy, with the first joint at the top and the last joint at the bottom. Explain why this is necessary for the joints to work properly.

This is necessary because when join chain is created, it will form a nested hierarchy.With the top selected as the first joint, the hierarchy will be at the top most as that will be the area that is going to animate most.