stop motion

Stop motion clips:
The first clips was of the book title which then opens and zooms into the photo and turns into a video. we found that instead of using video to zoom in the use of stop motion zooming in was much better at flowing into the video. When turning the page over we did not want a hand in the shot so we used claer sellotape and objects to told the pages open at different angles.

We also used stop motion to create lyrics which went across the page in time to music. for all of these photographs we marked out where the book and tripod went on the table so that it was consistent throughout.

We also made a stop motion drawing of a bottle falling over and spilling. we did this by drawing several picture of the bottle at different angles and traced the bottle each time so that it was the same on each page. We made sure that every photo was lit well so that the quality was better.

stop motion testing

we practiced the general ideas we had for our stop motion the idea of the title page appearing on the book worked well, however as it was just a practice we would do it much better and neater as there was a variation in shadows and some camera movement which made it look less effective. for the real stop motion we will also try and light the book brighter as this will enhance the image.

When zooming into the photo and out into a video we found it difficult to make the two flow together as they were not perfectly lined up. This is also something which we would make better for the real one.


Another way we tried to turn the photo into videos was by using a still from the first frame of the video and editing in onto the book using final cut. This technique flowed much better however it was not very realistic and was not the look we were going for.

We want to try and continue the stop motion through out the book so we will practice drawings and other images in stop motion to see what is effective

Lighting

We want to make the party scene look dark whilst still highlighting the singer so we will light his face brighter. however the room we plan to use has a large window so we will have to cover it and make the room appear dark. This may effect the quality of the film so we will have to test what works best before filming

Costume Plan

Actor:
We want our actor to look casual we will use the same outfit throughout as the video is set within a small timescale.
We have asked our actor to wear skinny jeans, a check shirt and a hoody. The hoody is important as for the lyric 'hoods up' we will use it
The actor will also need to wear a watch which will be seen in extreme close ups.

Our other actors will also be wearing casual clothes for the house party scene