Summary:

This paper describes a very early computer animation system which is very
labor intensive to use, but contains some of the core ideas used in
systems today.

Problem:

The essential problem here is if it is feasible for current technology to
create a system which can produce computer animation and if so, how one
would go about creating and using such a system.

Method:

The author developed a system which allowed him to model and animate short
sequences. He also created a custom programming language, MOP, which
allowed him to control his models and animations with great flexibility.

Key Ideas:

It is possible to create a feasible computer animation system which can
produce a over a minute of animation. Such a system is still in its
infancy and requires a great deal of human time. Abstractions such as
custom programming languages aid the flexibility and understandablity of
this system immensely. There are still many areas of research yet
unexplored which could improve future systems.

Contributions:

Above all this paper proved that the technology of the day had made
computer animation feasible. It also showed that a computer animation
system could marry user control with some parameterization and computer
control, through a custom language.

Questions:

I did not entirely understand the structure of MOP and would like to
review some of its more powerful functionality.