Creation of Computer Animation from Story Descriptions

Title: en_US Creation of Computer Animation from Story Descriptions
Creator: en_US Kahn, Kenneth Michael
Date: 2004-10-20T20:03:51Z
Date Available: 2004-10-20T20:03:51Z
Date Issued: en_US 1979-08-01
Identifier: en_US AITR-540
uri: http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/6875
Abstract: en_US This report describes a computer system that creates simple computer animation in response to high-level, vague, and incomplete descriptions of films. It makes its films by collecting and evaluating suggestions from several different bodies of knowledge. The order in which it makes its choices is influenced by the focus of the film. Difficult choices are postponed to be resumed when more of the film has been determined. The system was implemented in an object-oriented language based upon computational entities called "actors". The goal behind the construction of the system is that, whenever faced with a choice, it should sensibly choose between alternatives based upon the description of the film and as much general knowledge as possible. The system is presented as a computational model of creativity and aesthetics.
Extent: en_US 323 p.; 31911007 bytes; 26032367 bytes
Format: application/postscript; application/pdf
Language: en_US
Relation: en_US AITR-540