Conclusion of Animation

There were many problems encountered during our time as a group and making our claymation a finished product. Some issues in which can be seen within our animation is that we were unable to film all of our production within one day, making it very difficult to get the lighting and camera position back to the exact same scenario as the last session. Half way through the video there is a noticeable difference with the light and camera angle. Due to timescales we were unable to overcome this problem. If this project was to be replicated we would ensure that such issues would not prevail.

Other issues encountered where with the use of clay we were able to move our characters into different positions which was fantastic, but throughout the duration of our claymation Adam and Eve body position had changed alot due to be moved a lot. Again due to time restraints we were unable to replicate the way in which they both looked within the first few segments as the last few. Even though this was a problem, due to the level our production was aimed for we feel as though this problem does not greatly effect our animation.

My personal opinion on the software we used was that it was very limiting. In having to use the ipad in order to take images of our set and then upload this video to a computer in order to edit scenes and to add sound effects made it very tedious. If i was to carry out this project again i would use the webcam accompanied by windows movie maker or Zu3d in order to complete this animation. The ipad was a difficult device to use in order to make our production seem clean and fluid.

Overall the experience of this project has been very fun. The learning process of learning how to use programs and features such as onion skinning or fading music into each scene of the production was enjoyable. Seeing a finished product, knowing that over 500 images were used in order to make our characters seem animated is satisfying.

Hope by looking through this blog and seeing the processes myself and my group took will help you in the future. Thanks for looking

The birth of our cast

Here are images i took whilst building Adam and Eve along with other subjects used in our animation.

The clay made it very easy to give structure and emotion to our characters. We decided on going for a rug-id look to make the production feel a whole lot animated. In this instance we felt the less detail (realistic) our characters looked, the more effective our production would seem in making them seem animated.

The impact of sound

"The right music can help your animation flow, and sound effects can give your work a solid feeling thaty adds to the illusion of life" Mark Simon

I completely agree with this statement. the key reason being is by adding sound to a given animation makes characters and actions performed by the characters a lot more related to life like scenarios. By adding these effects the audience are able to assimilate with what i happening on screen. Without the use of sound effects some animations at times can be difficult to interpretate exactly what is happening. Furthermore it is essential to use sound effects if the animation is to be enjoyed by children, sounds allow the children to be engaged and interesting in screen play.

My very first stop motion

Animation Project

My desired form of Animation to use is stop motion. The reason being is due to the simplicity yet how engaging it can be. Through the use of using myself or an wax figure to put together a story. Here is a very extensive form of stop motion.

This is a very indepth idea i would like to base my project around. The idea of ingaging an audience through such a simple form is highly arousing. My project would preferably be based on criteria in which i feel not only myself to be relevant but the audience.

Here is a instrutional video in which allows you to see exactly how stop motion is created.
bbc simple movie making with stop frame animation