Final Project
Jennifer Huang / 0352990
Bachelor of Design (Honors) in Creative Media /
Video & Sound Production
Final Project - Stop Motion
Working Title : Rejected
Synopsis (One Paragraph Only) :
In a village, A was rejected by his fellow classmate because he's different. Until one day he met someone similar to him. On the other hand, the same goes with B who's struggling to fit in because she's different from her classmates. Till she met A. They then become best friends.
Synopsis (One Paragraph Only) :
In a village, A was rejected by his fellow classmate because he's different. Until one day he met someone similar to him. On the other hand, the same goes with B who's struggling to fit in because she's different from her classmates. Till she met A. They then become best friends.
Before moving on to my journey on figuring out my stop motion, I would like
to give u heads up since it's a rather stressful change of concept and idea.
Thankyou :)
#1 First Idea
reason no. 1 - Unstable setting
For the First idea, I was going to go with lego as my main character and using
a shoe box as it's room setting. But then I realize it will be hard to move
the lego character without lego tiles. My mistake was that I didn't think that
through form the beginning...
Fig. 1 Failed Lego attempt
Regardless, I did try to shoot and see how it turned out.. as suspected, its
horrible.
Fig. 2 Failed Lego attempt #2
reason no. 2 - Failed Prop decorating
I also made the props from Styrofoam (fridge, sofa, bed, table), after carving
it with cutter, I was supposed to cover it up with either paint or tape or
even paper. So then I tried to use paint, but it turned out mushy and not
presentable.. that adds another reason why this is idea won't work..
Fig. 3 Failed Props.
Anyhow, I recorded a time-lapse of me doing a diy Styrofoam bed, sofa, etc.
Although I won't be using this idea for my stop motion, it's worth the try..
not to mention, I had fun making it.
Fig. 4 Time lapse.
Lesson to learn
Always do many research and look up to references.
Mood boards:
Learnt my lesson since the first failure, I started doing more research on
stop motion and decided to go with paper based stop motion. Here are some
references I intended to make while doing the second idea.
The idea was to make the background and scenery pop out and layered.
Fig. 5 First Reference
Fig. 6 Second Reference
Fig. 7 Third Reference
reason no. 1 - not making clear story board!
This is my attempt on making the background. Well up to this point I did
not have any problem yet. But then I'm stuck because I still havn't figure
out the character yet. Although, I did come up with paper puppet making
but it did not turn out to be stable enough for it to stand by its
own.
Fig. 8 background layers.
reason no. 2 - Paper puppet not working :(
This is my attempt on making leg puppet. At that time, I use double tape,
which might be the reason why it doesn't stick too long, now I know I
should've used glue instead.
Fig. 9 Attempt on making leg(?)
Third and final reason why this idea isn't the one because I too was
struggling on finding the perfect spot to shoot the shot, since I don't have
any tripod that can hold my phone from above angle.
Fig. 13 Shooting Set-up
Fig. 14 Some Props For Stop Motion
Fig. Some of the drafts
Fig 10 Shooting set up (failed)
During the research on stop motion and after viewing some videos on
youtube and pinterest, I'm intrigued with the title stop motion. So I made
one just to test it out.
Fig. 11 title Stop motion
Fig. 9 Time lapse
Lesson to learn
Although I've written the story board and did some research, It's better not
to have other mixed up idea when about to shoot, because then it will be too
overwhelming.
#3 Final Idea
Finally, Here are the some reference I took for my final stop motion
Project, since it's based on paper, I wouldn't want it to be too
complicated so I picked something subtle. As for the theme, I wanted to go
with something more vintage, cute, and simple but still
eye-catching.
Preparations
Fig. 10 First Reference
Fig. 11 Second Reference
Fig. 12 Third Reference
Firstly I assembled some stickers (beverages), reliable desk lamp for
lighting, and a sturdy tripod. Since I'll be doing this on my own, I
figured I needed a smaller stage for my stop motion considering that it'll
be quite challenging if I did bigger stage. The tripod I used did not
support upper angle shoot, so I made the background setting vertical.
Fig. 13 Shooting Set-up
Fig. 14 Some Props For Stop Motion
Fig.15 Characters
Shooting Process
Rather than using stop motion application, I decided to go manual with
Phone Camera. I also managed to screengrab some parts of my process while
arranging the objects.
Fig. Some of the drafts
Fig. Shooting process.
Final Stop Motion Video
Working Title : Rejected
Synopsis (One Paragraph Only) :
In a village, A was rejected by his fellow classmate because he's different. Until one day he met someone similar to him. On the other hand, the same goes with B who's struggling to fit in because she's different from her classmates. Till she met A. They then become best friends.
Synopsis (One Paragraph Only) :
In a village, A was rejected by his fellow classmate because he's different. Until one day he met someone similar to him. On the other hand, the same goes with B who's struggling to fit in because she's different from her classmates. Till she met A. They then become best friends.
This is my final Stop motion Video, after finish shooting, I move to adobe premiere to edit audio and sound effects but sadly I forgot to screenshot it. Nevertheless I'm satisfied with how it turned out.
Fig. Final Stop Motion
Conclusion
Well, overall I did learn a lot and had some fun doing stop motion. And for sure, I need to be more disciplined especially on my procrastination during the early weeks. Also, the importance of research and doing mood boards. But regardless, I did have fun doing this Final project.
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