JIMMERSON’S ADVENTURE

A MOTION GRAPHING STORY

BY JENNIFER PALMA-PALACIOS

2ND BLOCK

Jimmerson the Tank Engine was enjoying a lovely day. Upon glancing at the clock, however, he realized that he would have to leave soon if he wanted to do his work on schedule.

Jimmerson chugged back 15 km at the casual pace of 90 km/h, and reached his destination – the sheep farm!

Jimmerson arrived at the farm, stopped, and watched as people loaded their woolly coats into the train cars. The sheep were very feisty and cold. It took 30 minutes, but Thomason was a very patient train.

When the bundles were finally strapped down, Jimmerson headed off towards the fabric processing plant at a steady pace of 15 km/hr. After 20 minutes, Jimmerson had completed the 5 km trip to the plant.

Jimmerson let the workers unload all the wool while he took in the sights. The place was actually very new to him, so he decided to stay for a while (30 minutes to be exact) and watch the grass. Jimmerson was lame.

As he started on his way home, though, he heard crazed, bleating behind him – a mutant sheep had gotten loose – and now it was charging his way! He took off, his tired tires flying at 60 km/h.

After 10 minutes, he looked back (through his weird train rear-view mirrors) and saw that the sheep had finally gotten tired (and cold – he was hairless, after all) and had stopped giving chase. He had chugged 10 km in 10 minutes!

Jimmerson was exhausted, but he rejoiced that all his deliveries for the day had been made; he puffed slowly back home at a nice steady 7.5 km/h and traveled 5km back to the shed in 40 minutes. He was glad to be home!

Position vs Time

Velocity vs Time

Motion Map

0 5 10 15 20 25 30

= 10 minutes