Stop Motion Animation of Falling
Here is my first stop motion animation simulating an object falling and bouncing:
I went about creating my animation by taking several still images (roughly about 82 in all) of my plushie subject by placing it on a different position each time on the set. I had originally intended on using an actual table setup in my living room, but due to time-constraints and a lack of creativity on my part about how to efficiently suspend the subject in a desired manner for each frame, I decided to go with the overhead method and set up a series of blankets to simulate a 2D grid-view of a "table" and a "floor", with a different colored background to help set them apart. In order to get a believable angle I had to use a prop (in this case my wallet) to tilt the plushie so that it was leaning more towards the camera as if it were a straight-ahead shot. After that I uploaded my photos to my laptop and thumbdrive and used Adobe Premier Pro to sequence the images together as a rough animation.
The main difficulties I came across were trying to rethink how I could stage and shoot the frames, how to position the camera and keep it from falling over (I was using a tripod on top of a chair, very precarious...), how to even get access to a computer with Premier (my laptop is having some issues running it lately), and how to refresh myself on how to use Premier to my advantage.
In the end I made something that, while maybe not the best animation I've ever made, is certainly different from anything I've ever done before and hopefully still has a bit of the charm I was going for.
Here is my first stop motion animation simulating an object falling and bouncing:
I went about creating my animation by taking several still images (roughly about 82 in all) of my plushie subject by placing it on a different position each time on the set. I had originally intended on using an actual table setup in my living room, but due to time-constraints and a lack of creativity on my part about how to efficiently suspend the subject in a desired manner for each frame, I decided to go with the overhead method and set up a series of blankets to simulate a 2D grid-view of a "table" and a "floor", with a different colored background to help set them apart. In order to get a believable angle I had to use a prop (in this case my wallet) to tilt the plushie so that it was leaning more towards the camera as if it were a straight-ahead shot. After that I uploaded my photos to my laptop and thumbdrive and used Adobe Premier Pro to sequence the images together as a rough animation.
The main difficulties I came across were trying to rethink how I could stage and shoot the frames, how to position the camera and keep it from falling over (I was using a tripod on top of a chair, very precarious...), how to even get access to a computer with Premier (my laptop is having some issues running it lately), and how to refresh myself on how to use Premier to my advantage.
In the end I made something that, while maybe not the best animation I've ever made, is certainly different from anything I've ever done before and hopefully still has a bit of the charm I was going for.
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