Group Tutorial

After a class session, I have had a small insight of what i'm going to do for my FMP.
Now that i've decided that I really don't want to do the drawn 2D stop motion, I 'pitched' the idea of doing a selection of two or three adverts.
The response i got was overall positive with some advice to look at infomericals, another piece of advice i thought was interesting was to do my journey as an animator. I'm not too sure if this is an achievable project to do but it's definitely one I will consider.

What's important?

When creating my FMP I need to make sure I keep in mind what is important and the things I always wanted to achieve when I began this project.
So what is important, i've listed things that I believe are very important in purple and some things that could potentially be important in green.
Making it standout
Mixing people with stop motion
Unique
Using different camera angles
Type of editing
Use of professional editing programme
Creating several videos all with the same or similar themes.

Experimental Video

Well looking over my 'journey' so far to this point, i think that the next step for me will be to start to think about some sort of 3D story. I think that it will be a good idea to use the characters from my music video as a basis as they are already made and in my opinion looked to a high standard. 

The following lists all of my thoughts for an experimental for my FMP:

- Seasons:

                - Autumn

                - Winter

                - Spring

                - Summer

- Holidays:

                - Christmas

                - Easter

                - Summery

                - Halloween

- Party:

                - Straw

                - Cups

                - Drink

                - Plates

                - Music

                - Fun

                

- Picnic:

                - Food

                - Blanket

                - Basket

                - Games

                - Cutlery

                - Family

                - Dancing

                

- Random:

                - Bit-of-everything

                - Junk

                - Scary

                - Original/Fun

Evaluation: Trial for Drawn 2D Stop Motion

Over all i don't think that drawn stop motion is my forte, and that i'm more successful doing 3D stop motion creations. I think that it will be beneficial for me to do exactly the same story as with the drawn stop motion but in 3D and compare the two and see which i think is more effective! The 2D video was not very good and I found that it was not very creative and did not stimulate my creative ability! I don't feel that this is going to stretch what i already know and can already do. I believe that 3D stop motion looks more professional and can tell a better story in a more exciting way!

Trial for Drawn 2D Stop Motion

Okay so heres the finished trial for the drawn 2D stop motion. It's not artistically good however it is just a trial to show I have tried this type of animation, it's a speedy little story that I just put together in an evening! I didn't particularly enjoy the process as it was very long and I don't think that it shows of what I can really do & achieve!

THIS IS AMAZING!!!!

2D Stop Motion

Okay i am going to start to plan an experimental 2D stop motion video-probably will be to a nursery rhyme or something similar that i will be able to link directly the imagery with the words of the song.
I will try to start drawing this week to hopefully shoot at the weekend.

Advertisement

Recently i have seen many adverts that are made using stop motion. i think that advertising could be an area that i need to explore further before planning my final product.
Here are a few adverts i have found just today on the internet:

Stop Motion Music Video

I found this video on youtube, its by the band Ok Go, i think its really clever the way they mix up time lapse with stop motion! 

I dont know that i would do something like this for my final piece, because i think that if you rely on actors is more likely to cause problems, than to use objects. 

However i believe that this aids my research into current stop motion products that are out there today.

Time Lapse???

Time lapse is a very cool way to show something evolving over a a period of time. I have no idea how this links really to anything, but as I was trawling through mostly rubbish online I found this video created by Neil Bromhall, its pretty awesome, and is shot gorgeously! So I thought I should upload it, because you never know how things may link later on!!!