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Q. What’s a Rotoball?


  1. 1.Rotoball is a black ball that transforms into something different for each person who comes into contact with it.

  2. 2.Rotoball is a collaborative rotoscoped animation project.  It was originally intended for high school students as a unique opportunity to connect with other students who are geographically distant.  Our 2009 edition will be open to any student or class, elementary through college.  Update for 2010:  The project is not required, just recommended, to be rotoscoped.  Any form of animation will be accepted.

  3. 3.Rotoball began as a class project developed by David Gran for Advanced Video students at Huntington High School in 2005.   This version of the project has been reorganized as an MMPAP.

The Rules


  1. 1.Each animation must be exactly 15 seconds long.

  2. 2.The animation can be as creative as you’d like, but MUST contain the following:







  1. •You catching the ball from the left side of the screen.

  2. •The ball transforming in some way.

  3. •You interact with the transformed object.

  4. •The ball returning to normal.

  5. •The ball leaving the right hand side screen.

More Questions?


You can look at the lesson, learn how to Rotoscope, check out our FAQ, or Email David!

Are You Ready?

Play Ball!

Project Dates


Rotoball 2010 starts now.  Projects will be due by March 1st, 2010.

Rotoball 2010 Premieres at the Shanghai Student Film Festival

and online at Vimeo on April 23rd, 2010.

Watch the Original Rotoball

Huntington High School Video 2&3 Students

(2005)

Watch Rotoball 2008

Watch Rotoball 2009

THE ROTOBALL PROJECT

including all images, text, video, and sound on our sites, including any portion of the project submitted by participating schools are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 China Mainland License.

Updated Rules: Rotoball 2010

These are not so much new rules as clarifications:

  1. •The animation does not have to be a rotoscoped animation.  It is the preferred form for this project, but we like variety too.  The name, however will remain ‘Rotoball’.  We like that better than “Animatiball”


  1. •The ball can enter a scene already in progress- this creates more of a story.  See the lesson page.