My Final Stop Motion Movie

For my final stop motion movie i created a clip in the studio using two people. The theme was a slow dance - i had two people dancing arm in arm along with one having a rose in her mouth.

Over all i took 59 photos while doing this clip using a Cannon 5D camera and the studio lights. After i had taken all of the photos for my clip i had to decided which music i would want to add to my film and how fast i would want it all to link together. 

To put my clip together i worked on imovie: 

Here i am linking together all my photos - i had to rotate the photos and fit them to the right size image. I made all my photos last 0.25 seconds so that it would work as a film. After i had done this i needed to then add music: 

My total clip of music was too much as i only had a short clip so i need to trim out what little bit of music i wanted playing in the background of my photos.
MY MOVIE: 

My final movie - I really like this clip i have created, i think it is a very catchy movie and the music worked really well as it was a slow romantic dance - the music i used was (Time Of  My Life by Dirty Dancing) I am really pleased with my final outcome. 
Things that could be improved if i had the chance would be maybe have matching outfits that also fit in well with the theme and setting. I might also make my clip a little bit longer so i could get more of the song in so you could get a real effect of it. For this clip i took 59 photos and i would like to aim next time to take about 80. 
But i am pleased with my final outcome i think it worked well and was quite easy to create and i think it is a very creative piece. 

Stop Motion Movies

Here are some of the Stop Motion movies that we made during our task today: 

The first one shown here 'Dropping Leaves' 

Descriptions of each movie are shown in the boxes below. 

The next Stop motion film we created was 'Hug - Feel so close to you' 

We used the music 'Feel so close to you - buy Calvin Harris' for this shoot because we thought the music was relevant to the image that we were trying to create and they work really well together. 

Making a stop motion film In class.

For this task we were asked to go out and create some stop frame mini movies. I worked in a group with two other people and over all we made about 4 different movies.

* The first one which is my favorite one we have me and someone else walking towards each other - one person was walking down the steps and the other person was walking towards them. The two people knew each other so when they met in the middle they gave each other a hug. 

* For the second one we had two people running towards the camera in slow motion - as they became closer the face expressions became larger and showed off more what was happening. But i don't think this one was as good as the first one because running in slow motion was quite hard so it made us look rather strange in the photos. 

* For the third one we had to people standing at the bottom of some steps - They were again meant to come across as friends. What happened was there were lots of leaves and in the movie the two people went down to pick up the leaves and when they came back up they threw the leaves up in the air. I liked this movie and thought it worked really well. 

* For the forth movie we came up with a simple idea of two people just normally walking/talking along a path and then one of them dropped something (keys) and at that stage they both went down to pick them up and carried on walking afterwards. I think this could have been made better by making the scene a bit more exciting with a bit more happening in it and also if we thought about it more. 

Making our own Stop Motion Photography Films

For our task we were asked to create our own stop motion films at home which included people and objects. At first i found it hard to think of what sort of image i could create for my film but then i decided to use a book and my sisters hands. Which i then got her to move her hands very slowly and to do the actions as she would if she was reading a book in real life. 

 In this photo is one of the beginning shots i took of the book being read. The book started off as being closed and then gradually got opened and the pages began to turn. 

In this photo we are midway through the shoot and the pages are being turned. 

Over all i thought that this was quite an easy task to complete but as well it took a lot of thought as the movements between shots couldn't be made to big as it wouldn't look right. I also found it hard to keep the camera still and in the correct position as i didn't have a tripod to stand it on. 

 In this snap shot we have created the image of a boy on a skateboard - here he is on his skateboard and riding down the first part of the ramp that was made our of fabric. I think this creates a good effect on what's happening, but could be improved if maybe the expression on the person told the story of what was happening a little bit more. 

 I also like the effect this photo has - i believe it creates a great image of when the skateboard is live in the air. i think it creates a image that could represent the fact it is actually happening. But again i think i could be improved by just the face expression of the person doing the shoot. 

This is a snap shot again of me with my suitcase - but in this shot we went for a more dramatic move, hinting the fact that the suitcase has been placed right up in front of me showing an over exaggerated emotion. But i think this gave a lot of effect to the shoot. 

In this snap shot i am coming to the end of my journey - I have just picked up my suitcase that i dropped and i have now continued to walk. Some of these shots could be improved by bolder movements so it gives off more of an effect of what i am doing and makes is clearer to the audience. 

This image is from the third clip we made - at this point i have just dropped the suitcase, the flowing images of the clip are me slowly going down to pick it back up again. Then i continued to walk on while the clouds and sun moved above my head.