GRGR: Of Andrew's Comments

[Henry Musikar]

Pixelation as an animation technique has been around practically 
since the beginning of film: it is simply shoot it, move it, shoot 
it, move it; often with outlandish results, eg. someone sitting on a 
road with their legs outstretched, holding a steering wheel and 
skimming along.

On 24 Sep 96 at 14:24, grip at netcom.com wrote:

> Date:          Tue, 24 Sep 1996 14:24:00 -0700 (PDT)
> From:          <grip at netcom.com>
> Subject:       Re: GRGR: Of Andrew's Comments
> To:            LARSSON at VAX1.Mankato.MSUS.EDU
> Cc:            pynchon-l at waste.org

> 
> 
> On Tue, 24 Sep 1996 LARSSON at VAX1.Mankato.MSUS.EDU wrote:
> 
> > Andrew wonders about the following:
> > 
> > `pixilated' apparently means deranged or disoriented and is
> > derived from `pixie-led'. 	 	Your definition is correct, but it's
> > not listed in my ed. of the OED. 	The term is used importantly,
> > though, in Frank Capra's MR. DEEDS GOES 	TO TOWN.
> 
> In modern times it is also an animation technique. Pixel from the
> dots on your CRT has a similar root. Pixies are small movable
> objects in computer games.
> 
> grip
> 
> 

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