Re: How to make RSAanimate-style animations?

[Phil <philstokes03 -at- googlemail -dot- com>]

Thanks Gregg, 

someone off list (twitter) alerted to me that they were a product of CognitiveMedia.

Yes, you're right. I think the Tony Hart stuff in the old "Take Hart" series in the 70s was actually quite a similar idea - animated storyboarding.

I think what's special about the RSA/CognitiviMedia stuff is possibly 

i. it's not been possible to do it over low-bandwidth video/internet devices before (e.g. Youtube or mobile phones); and

ii. their choice of topics - most of the videos I've seen are implicitly providing an argument in favour of the very media they're using (which is very clever!)

I wonder whether this kind of medium would work well for teaching procedural content rather than just general, abstract theoretical/conceptual stuff ?

What do you think?


On 23 Nov 2010, at 22:01, Gregory P Sweet wrote:

> Looks like this is the group behind the RSA Animate videos:
> 
> http://www.cognitivemedia.co.uk/index.php
> 
> 
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> techwr-l-bounces+gps03=health -dot- state -dot- ny -dot- us -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com wrote on 11/23/2010 05:06:03 AM:
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> > From: Phil <philstokes03 -at- googlemail -dot- com>
> > To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> > Date: 11/23/2010 05:11 AM
> > Subject: How to make RSAanimate-style animations?
> > Sent by: techwr-l-bounces+gps03=health -dot- state -dot- ny -dot- us -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> > 
> > Hi
> > 
> > I wonder if anyone can help me out. I want to know how RSA make 
> > their very distinctive video/animation/screencasts?
> > 
> > What software would you need to do this? What would be the process? 
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > 
> > Phil Stokes
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