Less is Better Design Edition: Animating the HAL 9000
In the ongoing tradition of doing more with less, DLB reveals how we created a realistic-looking animation of the HAL 9000 with a minimum of resources and effort.
I have to admit, I’m a little jealous of Paul’s wonderful programming posts. Not only does he get to show off his great solutions to common web design problems, but he gets the highest share of our site's visitors, as well.
In the interest of generating some "graphic traffic", I thought I’d try something similar and write up an interesting visualization problem I solved this week.
The Background
My neighbor is a screenwriter who also works for Zingerman’s, a famous deli we've written about before. Each year, around this time, he makes a short film for the company’s yearly planning meeting. These are surprisingly polished, ambitious affairs, accomplished with virtually no budget and very little time. I chip in by making posters, logos, titles—whatever is needed. It’s strictly unofficial, backchannel stuff, but it’s fun. This year the films of Stanley Kubrick are the theme of his movie. I received my toughest assignment yet: to make a HAL 9000.
