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My First Stop Motion - Clay Animation, Honest feedback appreciated.
VitriolMotion
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Hey there,
I’m new to these Forums and Stop Motion in general.
Here to get some of your opinions, on a small test.
Basically i recently developed an interest in Stop Motion Animation, so i thought i’d try my hand at a Clay Animation.
It’s very short, being my first attempt i was mainly trying to get a bit of basic experience and feedback, before undertaking a larger project.
It took about 2 weeks from start to finish.
You can view it here;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnYPsbPoK-4
Hit me up on YouTube if you like it, or have something to say in general.
Much appreciated.
I’m new to these Forums and Stop Motion in general.
Here to get some of your opinions, on a small test.
Basically i recently developed an interest in Stop Motion Animation, so i thought i’d try my hand at a Clay Animation.
It’s very short, being my first attempt i was mainly trying to get a bit of basic experience and feedback, before undertaking a larger project.
It took about 2 weeks from start to finish.
You can view it here;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnYPsbPoK-4
Hit me up on YouTube if you like it, or have something to say in general.
Much appreciated.
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I know how taxing stop motion animation can be, so kudos for the effort.
I'm glad you started with claymation, because it's easily the most beginner friendly when it comes to this. Have you seen the Wallace and Gromit process video? It's horrifying at how long it takes to set up a single frame!
I'll be taking everything you've said into mind when i begin on my next project, which i've just completed story boards for.
(So, yes it will have a 'proper' story-line this time!)
Cheers!
Anyways I liked it a lot, I actually liked your background better it was very creepy. The animation is also fluid and I don't think there is any such thing as 'smooth' in stop motion.
Cheers for the feedback.
This.
My sisters boyfriend bought me the dvd collection of all their films. Amazing work. Creepy, quirky, head scratchingly wierd stuff.
Your stuff reminds me a lot of the Tool videos, which is a good thing.
how extensive is your general understanding of animation? at the moment your movemnets looks a bit robotic.
if you're interested in character animation i strongly recomend reading up a bit on the basics. (animaiton principals) (this kind of stuff; Timing. Spacing. Arcs (Paths of Action). Anticipation. Squash & Stretch. Follow Through & Overlapping Action. Secondary Actions. Slow In & Slow Out. Exaggeration. Line of Action, Weight, Mass, Volume.) <- ot's good stuff. if you can mangae to get a grasp on this stuff here you can do some really killer stuff!
what kind of a frame rate are you working with? if you're not already, you should be working at 12fps.
good luck man.
I appreciate your feedback and advice, i'll look into those principles.
Also, I don't film at a constant rate. But most of this test was done at around 20FPS.
it'll make your process faster and the frame count is still high enough to maintain the illusion of movement.
Although it's a bit more difficult for me to maintain constant FPS, since i don't use a camcorder connected to a computer, using frame grabbing software.
So i only see what i've done when i upload the photo's to the computer.
Also makes it difficult to know where the camera was positioned if it gets knocked slightly etc.
But i did want to intergrate the chroma key'd disintergration effect i created in some way.
So, i wasn't really paying attention to the duration of the opening. Should have made it allot shorter.
Mine too.
A little movie made 16 years ago would disagree:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEK9mitagS8
shame they didn't even use it in the movie.
Edit: just realized the irony going on here: Adam Jones (Guitar Player for Tool and designer of the characters in "Sober" video) worked on the Stan Winston design team for Jurassic Park.
As far as your video, I would steer clear of obviously mimicking any heavy influences, or using said influences' music in your title. Looks good other than that.