Had a go at a proper stop motion animation today...

Shad · 19 Dec 2011 at 19:47

...featuring a Matchbox Caterham toy car

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRofp2uqFL0&hd=1

So far I've learned that my spotlight sucks and makes everything look yellow, and I need to use more/less distance between shots to create a better illusion of speed. Oh, and maybe come up with a better plot! Still, it's been raining today so it's kept me busy

SeraphX · 19 Dec 2011 at 19:56

nice job for your first attempt matey

Edrof · 19 Dec 2011 at 19:58

Not bad mate!

.Lethal · 19 Dec 2011 at 20:00

Great first attempt if you ask me.

Gackt · 19 Dec 2011 at 20:10

I liked the bit with the car.

MarcLister · 19 Dec 2011 at 20:10

Pretty good for a first go.

You might want to get a lamp or bulb with a more natural glow to it so that everything looks 'cleaner'.

Paul11 · 19 Dec 2011 at 20:17

Gackt said:
I liked the bit with the car.

good lol

and good job op. looks smooth

randal · 19 Dec 2011 at 20:21

Hehe, neat.

So, for the uneducated (me) that's camera on a tripod then frames entered into Premier and spliced together into a vid? Obviously there's a lot more to it than that!

Any guides/tips you used or picked up in your first foray?

SexyGreyFox · 19 Dec 2011 at 20:25

Gackt said:
I liked the bit with the car.

I've just had a bit of diet coke go down my nostrils.

4 hours for that much :eek:

TNGL · 19 Dec 2011 at 20:43

Nice. It would be better if it was longer though.
(in before... that's what she said).

Deleted member 77746 · 19 Dec 2011 at 21:17

*Thumbs Up*

Shad · 19 Dec 2011 at 22:27

Gackt said:
I liked the bit with the car.

MarcLister said:
You might want to get a lamp or bulb with a more natural glow to it so that everything looks 'cleaner'.

randal24 said:
So, for the uneducated (me) that's camera on a tripod then frames entered into Premier and spliced together into a vid? Obviously there's a lot more to it than that!

Any guides/tips you used or picked up in your first foray?

Basically, it's exactly that. Here's the setup:

So I took 340-odd shots and imported them as 1 frame each into Premiere and dropped them onto a timeline. Then, since the speeds of the car weren't quite right (too slow for the most part, not slow enough sometimes), I dropped that timeline into my 'final' timeline and chopped and adjusted the speed as needed. Then drop in a few freebie sound effects, add a bit of colour correction and voila

But yeah, it's a lot of work for about 10 seconds worth. And even more so when you think I just had the one object to position - imagine if you are adjusting ten items in each shot, or even more. Crazy amount of time involved.

Thanks for the kind words all!

RomanNose · 19 Dec 2011 at 22:29

Was not a donut, the car exited at a different angle to the horizontal component of the table than it entered. It was <360 rotation.

d_brennen · 19 Dec 2011 at 22:32

Needs two cars doing formation donuts :cool:

Top effort for a first attempt though, 4 hrs! I'd have moved got bored and started something else within 30 minutes

randal · 19 Dec 2011 at 22:40

Neat thanks, I'm going to have a go at this at some point.

Biohazard · 19 Dec 2011 at 22:44

Gackt said:
I liked the bit with the car.

Limpnoodle · 19 Dec 2011 at 23:49

Lmao @ the tyre sounds

)

also its a fake, i can tell because of the tilt

Westyfield2 · 20 Dec 2011 at 00:00

That's a lot of work for 10 seconds of product!

Shayper · 20 Dec 2011 at 03:23

Gackt said:
I liked the bit with the car.

Thanks dude, cheered me up

Arnie · 20 Dec 2011 at 03:27