Making a stop motion animation.
For my stop motion animation assignment I will make a stop motion animation using modelling clay. I have made some alien looking lie models which I plan to use in my stop motion animation. I used plastercine and googly eyes to make My model will be made out of clay or plastercine. At the current time I plan on using a plain white stage for my animation. I will use the white stage for my stop motion animation. I will have my models move there antenna's up down and move around in a circle.
The dog model was inspired by gromet from Wallace and grommet as well as a mix of teletubies and the things from in the night garden.
I had another idea of making a cut out animation and making my own characters using different colours of cardboard. I would make them interact with each other and make there moves move and shake hands. I got this idea from early south park cut out animation.
In the first part of my stop motion animation I got my model figures to walk into the middle of the stage. and get into position. I then made the little antenna to move up and down.
This is the finished part of the actual stop motion animation all of the frames have been shot. I made the figures go around in a circle on the spot. I had trouble of making sure one wouldn't overtake the others and be still while the others were moving
I then went into premier pro and added sound, tittles and credits. I found a squashy sounding noise on youtube and used that for my sound effects.
This is my finished animation. It has my animation in full as well as the sounds, tittles and credits.
I exported it as a AVI at 720p.
http://padlet.com/chris270498/7vrudtd6dlu
The general positives are the quality of the animation and figures used in the animation. The negatives are the camera joltiness, the lighting and the bland background. the audio has mixed responses of some people liking it and some people not. One idea from the feedback was to add music throughout the animation.
This is an example of where I would like to eventually end up with my stop motion animation skills. It has consistent lighting smooth and camera angle changes, the production behind the piece never gets in the way of your enjoyment of the stop motion animation.
This animation is similar to mine in that the lighting and style of presentation is quite similar (one consistent camera angle and a white plain background) However this animation is more in the style of a cut out animation opposed to my clay model stop motion animation. I would say that this animation is a lot more complicated so some of the feedback would probably mention the complexity of the animation. The animation is a rendition of the classic Tetris game so some feedback may talk about the idea behind the animation.
The dog model was inspired by gromet from Wallace and grommet as well as a mix of teletubies and the things from in the night garden.
I had another idea of making a cut out animation and making my own characters using different colours of cardboard. I would make them interact with each other and make there moves move and shake hands. I got this idea from early south park cut out animation.
This is the finished part of the actual stop motion animation all of the frames have been shot. I made the figures go around in a circle on the spot. I had trouble of making sure one wouldn't overtake the others and be still while the others were moving
I then went into premier pro and added sound, tittles and credits. I found a squashy sounding noise on youtube and used that for my sound effects.This is my finished animation. It has my animation in full as well as the sounds, tittles and credits.
I exported it as a AVI at 720p.
http://padlet.com/chris270498/7vrudtd6dlu
General feedback
The general positives are the quality of the animation and figures used in the animation. The negatives are the camera joltiness, the lighting and the bland background. the audio has mixed responses of some people liking it and some people not. One idea from the feedback was to add music throughout the animation.
My response
I agree that both the lighting and camera work isn't very good, especially the lighting as it constantly changes from frame to frame, this is due to a lack of thought of where I should have filmed the animation. In the future I will make sure that I film somewhere where I know that the lighting will be consistent. I'm torn on what I should have done with the audio as some people like it but others don't think that it fits and sounds like something else.
What is my response to my work?
Overall I like the work that I have produced, I think it has a certain charm to it thanks mainly to the clay models. I like the audio as I think it fits the clay moving sound. I think that the lighting and framing could have been improved as it isn't consistent enough and can be distracting. I like the movements with the antenna and the 360 spin in the animation, however I think I could of maybe tried telling a short story with the models instead of random movements.
How could I improve?
I can improve in the location of my next shoot for my next animation. I think that I would benefit from more experience with the camera to get some better frames and be more creative with the use of the camera (close ups etc). I think that the steadiness of the camera. I think that a greater emphasis on lighting would boost the production quality significantly, with and improved location I will achieve a constant lighting effect which will be less distracting than the lighting in this animation.
What improvements will I make for next time?
I will make sure that the lighting and framing are considerably better than in this animation, I will also focus on making a much more interesting background instead of the white blank wall it is now. I will work on making the camera more steady so it doesn't turn out jolty and distracting to the viewer. I will continue to make new and interesting figures if my next stop motion animation is a clay model animation.
This is an example of where I would like to eventually end up with my stop motion animation skills. It has consistent lighting smooth and camera angle changes, the production behind the piece never gets in the way of your enjoyment of the stop motion animation.
This animation is similar to mine in that the lighting and style of presentation is quite similar (one consistent camera angle and a white plain background) However this animation is more in the style of a cut out animation opposed to my clay model stop motion animation. I would say that this animation is a lot more complicated so some of the feedback would probably mention the complexity of the animation. The animation is a rendition of the classic Tetris game so some feedback may talk about the idea behind the animation.
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