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This is an attempt at animating letters. I cut them out of magazines and wanted to make them come to life to create words.
I took this with my still camera, it constists of 94 photos and took a lot longer to produce.
From making this animation I’ve learnt the importance of consistency. I am therefore going to start using a tripod to make sure the transistion between frames is smoother. I also need to be careful not to let my photography slip because the lighting was uneven with this.
I like the idea of animating letters to create words (although the words in this clip were totally random, i just picked out what I saw). I think this would work particularly well in conjuction with lyrics for my music video and is something I’m thinking of using at a later date.
Next, I want to try using alphabet fridge magnets and using the same technique. I also want to work more in a photographic studio with better lighting and background.
I’ve found a good animation website with lots of information and links to other helpful websites.
This is the website:
http://www.stopmotionanimation.com
The handbook seems particularly helpful, though I’ve only really scanned through it. I think this is going to be useful in my project and will be refering to it throughout.
This my second go at stop motion animation. It’s pretty similar to the first one except longer and with some text. I created tis using both a digital slr and using the still photo mode on a video camera. I put the animation together on Final Cut Pro and was taught the basics of how to use it.
I found Final Cut Pro harder and more time consuming than Monkey Jam although, I know if I need to do anything more technical I could do it on here. The programme is more suitable for video than still images.
This is my animation:
This is my first attempt at a stop animation. I just used 16 photos which are repeated. I don’t think the quality of the photos are good nor is the idea original, but I just wanted to try it out and grabbed my camera and what was on my bed.
I compiled the video using software called Robot Jam, which I downloaded from a really good site:
OCR have given me a choice of thirteen briefs to choose from for this project. Each brief has a combination of two or more of the following media:
- Video
- Print
- Web-based
- Audio
- Games software
The brief I’ve chosen is:
A website for a new TV channel (to include a minimum of three hyperlinked pages with original images, audio and a video extract), together with:
- a newspaper advertisement for the channel
- a double page spread for a listings magazine, focused on the channel’s launch
