Evaluation

For this project I had to demonstrate the craft of stop motion, through a series of demonstrations and exercises designed to build upon my current understanding of animation. I was introduced into the technical and creative process of the stop motion filming with the guidance of industry professionals.

I’m actually very happy with how the stop motion turned out, the second time. Our first attempt turned out being incredibly fast, I noticed afterwards that I had missed out of steps in my walk cycle which made it look messy in the final animation. But in the retake both of out movements were smooth, both of our double takes can be seen clearly. And our positioning is better, our puppets are more central and less to the sides. Overall it turned out well. I was impressed with how the puppet turned out, I realised from the start it was going to be hard since she's mostly skin and hair which would be difficult to animate if not done right. But the fact that foam was cut into and shaped and painted created the malnourished look that I was going for.

I would however change the visibility of the syringes, as it's not completely clear what we're doing. I would bring them closer to the camera, I think we could have planned out our scene better. I felt like it was a lot of on the spot thinking, which with stop motion is a bad thing to do.

Our Second Attempt

Me and Alice decided we wanted to try and film our scene again, but this time I wouldn't miss out any steps to make it jump. And we would have dragonframe on the right settings so that it didn't come out at high speed. And I'm really happy with how it turned out. Both of out movements are smooth, both of our double takes can be seen clearly. And our positioning is better, our puppets are more central and less to the sides. Overall it turned out well. The only thing I would change if I could do it again, would be the visibility of the syringes, as it's not completely clear what we're doing.

Beauty Shots

Here are some high quality pictures of my finished model after filming for the second time, I was impressed that even after the amount of pins I poked in it and the amount I used it that it was still fully functional at the end of it. I was incredibly impressed with how the puppet turned out, I realised from the start it was going to be hard since she's mostly skin and hair which would be difficult to animate if not done right. But the fact that foam was cut into and shaped and painted created the malnourished look that I was going for.