Video & Sound Production | Final Project : Stop Motion
21.06.2024 - 04.08.2024 Week 09 - Week 15
Tracy Angeline Tio / 0362222 / Bachelor of Design ( Honors ) in Creative Media
Video & Sound Production / Taylor's University
FINAL PROJECT : Stop Motion
WEEK 12 - WORKING ON PROPOSAL
The next day, we worked on the plot of the story which is the synopsis part. I break into three part first, listed the equipment and created some rough sketch for the storyboard while Jessie was tasked to find the music references for sound effect, etc and fill out the visual references.
Before week 13, where we want to start preparing the puppets and background, we divided each part to which one who should bring it. Most items are on Jessie so I just bring the tools like paper, scissors and tape that I bought also on Mr. DIY.
On class, we started to do the puppet and sofa first. Below are some behind the scene.
After few hours passed, we finished the puppet and the sofa. (Puppet eyes are gonna revised later since it looks starry :'). Since we are out of time also, we decided to divide our task before meeting up for shooting on next week. Jessie were tasked to clear all the equipment using clay and box while I was tasked to clear the table and background using cardboard.
Before week 14 happens, I started to do my part by making the background and the table. I do the background first by cutting the cardboard to three part.
Jessie also tried to completed the puppet accessories, box for trash and home decoration.
After that, we assembled our separate part together then prepared our tripod, phone and lighting provided in the studio and setup it by our own.
Many hours were passed to do the shooting and we finished it before evening. There were around 300+ photos taken when we shoot the motion. We moved the photo to google drive and separated for each scene to compiled all the materials for editing.
After Jessie send out the video in Drive, I began to export and edit it. I do edit the first scene which is the opening fade text and last scene where the messages appear.
Next, I exported all the clip to the Premiere pro and I also imported all the MP3 I downloaded previously and arrange it based on the scene.
I adjusted the ambience sound first by increase the level since the MP3 Video had small volume. After that, I synchronized all the sound and making sure the volume is better. At last, I export the video and uploaded it into Youtube.
Video & Sound Production / Taylor's University
FINAL PROJECT : Stop Motion
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LECTURES
More Lectures are on Video & Sound Production | Exercises & Project 2 blog.
On Week 11, Mr. Martin gave us some briefing about Stop Motion as this task was to create a stop motion shooting. Refer to this slide for more information.
Fig 1.1 Stop Motion Editing Brief Week 11 30/06/2024
INSTRUCTIONS
MIB BOOKLET :
FINAL PROJECT
Stop Motion
WEEK 1 - INTRODUCTION
We were tasked to watched and listed out 3 short stop motion video. After that we need to state a reason why we chose that stop motion (style, art direction, character design)
Vid 3.1 (1) Lego French Toast Stop Motion Cooking
This stop motion was built with so much creative ways. On the video, It shows how to create a French toast using Lego and real object things. The progress began from preparing the ingredients until it was served with cola. Since child until now, I still liked Lego so this video was related to my favorites also. The stop motion having a simple style and using a vibrant and chill color like in the kitchen. There were no characters on this video because it were do by the person itself.
Vid 3.2 (2) Coco - Paper Cut Out Animation
Coco was a lonely and loyal little dog who likes to play with the owner so much. On this stop motion, it shows how Coco was waiting all long day for the owner who went to study abroad day by day from spring to winter. Coco was sitting and sleeping all day waiting for her owners until the end the owners got back and petting Coco. This stop motion using paper material to create all the elements such as the characters. The art style are same from start to end. I liked this stop motion because they had a deep meaning and the dog is cute too.
Vid 3.3 (3) Under the Winter Sun Stop Motion
Under the Winter Sun is a stop motion that tells about a lonely snowman build himself a friend, but their friendship did not last longer. When the sun rises up, both of them melted and only one could survive by using the hat. The snowman friend gave the hat to the snowman to save him. This stop motion were using mixed media. The snowman were built using clay, the house were using wooden craft stick and more media are using paper. The style were 3d and they used good transition to make this video. I liked the way this video could bring us to emotionally and artistic vibes on it.
WEEK 9 - STOP MOTION TRIAL SHOOT
On week 9, we were given a group task as a practice before we moving to the final project. We were given 2 stop motion video from Mr. Martin and we need to re-create the elements using tools stated which is :
Equipment needed are DSLR camera and Smartphone (Install Stop Motion Apps).
I and my group started do discuss our role and here is the final role :
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| Fig 3.4 Group Members and Their Roles Week 09 21/06/2024 |
As an Animators, I had to helped them to move out the object and they gonna shoot it.
WEEK 10 - STOP MOTION SHOOTING
This week, we began to shoot the stop motion using our own puppets and equipment in the studio. Below are some behind the scenes :
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| Fig 3.5 Behind the Scenes Week 10 28/06/2024 |
Final Shoot : Drive
WEEK 11 - EDITTING AND PROPOSAL
On week 11, we had to downloaded the photos from previous week shooting. After that, we imported all of the photos to After Effects and start editing as a practice whether we want to use After Effects or Stop Motion Apps to edit our final project. Here are the results :
Fig 3.6 Final Clay Video Week 11 05/07/2024
Fig 3.7 Final Papercut Video Week 11 05/07/2024
Mr. Martin also introduces us to the final projects where we had to create our own stop motions by individual or group. The proposal were also given on this week and the first things we had to do is to find the theme we want to pursue. (Proposal Template : Here)WEEK 12 - WORKING ON PROPOSAL
I decided to work on group with Jessie on this project. This week, we started to find an idea for the stop motion projects. Based on Mr. Martin explanation, the video should gave some messages on it, so I tend to go with nowadays problem specially for teen in age 18-25. I come up with 3 ideas that could be seen on picture below.
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| Fig 3.8 Ideas Week 12 10/07/2024 |
I shared these ideas to Jessie to be chosen on which one we want to go. Based on the difficulty and existed on the topic, we decided to go with the idea #2 Fast Food Trap.
On feedback session in class, Mr. Martin suggest us to create some time lapse and made the ending of the video is interesting by showing the character changed the habit for example, do exercises.
We do a revision based on the feedback after then. View our brainstorming progress on this file :
Fig 3.9 Work on Proposal Week 12 12/07/2024
At the end of class, we discussed for the materials needed and tried to found it. Since I was busy doing my other task, Jessie starts to find an item in Mr. DIY. The items that Jessie found are clay, stick, and cardboard. We only bought 1-2 clay color for the characters since Jessie already have other color from previous.
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| Fig 3.10 Items Finding by Jessie Week 12 12/07/2024 |
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| Fig 3.11 Collecting Tape Week 12 12/07/2024 |
WEEK 13 - WORKING ON MATERIALS
We decided to create our materials on Friday (19/07) in class. One day before we met, Jessie do some trials to create some props using her clay and this was the result.
We decided to create our materials on Friday (19/07) in class. One day before we met, Jessie do some trials to create some props using her clay and this was the result.
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| Fig 3.12 Properties Created by Jessie Week 13 18/07/2024 |
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| Fig 3.13 Creating Material Progress Week 13 19/07/2024 |
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| Fig 3.14 Result on Class Week 13 19/07/2024 |
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| Fig 3.15 Background Progress Week 13 25/07/2024 |
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| Fig 3.16 Clay Equipment Progress by Jessie Week 13 25/07/2024 |
WEEK 14 - STOP MOTION SHOOTING
On this week, we moved to studio to do our stop motion shooting. Before we shoot, we tried to made sure all items are completed and especially for the table, since I'm finding difficulty to cut the stick, Jessie help me in the studio to create the table.
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| Fig 3.17 Setup Items and Prepared Tools Week 14 26/07/2024 |
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| Fig 3.18 Shooting Progress Week 14 26/07/2024 |
We do showed our video before editing to made sure the shoot is fine to Mr. Martin. Here are the videos we compiled on using Power Director.
Vid 3.19 Compiled Video Before Edit Week 14 26/07/2024
WEEK 15 - EDITTING
On this week, I compiled the photo materials uploaded by Jessie by dividing on each photo by the scene based on the storyboard since we are gonna need it for raw material submission.
Mr. Martin said that the overall video looks fine so we are gonna use the video for editing to the next step but we do want to revised a little part by adjusting the brigthness and add effects in capcut to know if the plot is happened in afternoon or night. We dividing the task for editing part again where Jessie gonna revised the video clip and I'm gonna do the finishing touch by adding sound and effect for the video.
Here are the revised part that Jessie do in capcut.
Vid 3.20 Revised Part Week 15 04/08/2024
The first thing I do was downloaded the sound I listed on in google docs and moved it to the music and sound file in materials drive.
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| Fig 3.21 Ambience and Sound Effect Week 15 04/08/2024 |
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| Fig 3.22 Opening and Ending Scene Week 15 04/08/2024 |
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| Fig 3.23 Adding Sound and Effect Progress Week 15 04/08/2024 |
FINAL OUTCOME
Youtube Link : https://youtu.be/UBZE7PDMVHI?si=BPSxz-pCBtzx0e5e
Vid 3.24 Final Project Outcome : Stop Motion Week 15 04/08/2024
FEEDBACK
Week 12
Our storyboard are too boring and it is okay if it's on solo work but since we were work on pairs, we had to improving the storyboard by developing some time lapse and good ending, for example the characters do something to go back to normal.
Week 14
The overall shoot is okay, but it need to touch up in around 30 sec where the camera switched to right and move back.
REFLECTIONS
Working on stop motion projects on group and pairs were such a good experience for me. As from beginning, I did not had any plan to work on solo even I do like working on task in alone. For me, stop motion is gonna be difficult and did not fun if it only one person because we had to create all the items by your own and move then shoot by our own so there were no people helping. When working on pairs, I observed that we could see our strengths and weakness together combined into one. Moreover, stop motion need a lot of observation especially when it comes to the shoot part. We had to made sure the camera did not move and the background did not move too much. But at last, I realized that working on stop motion is about patience. Stop motion had a long progress starting from ideating, working on materials and the shooting time, we also need to move the puppets little by little and luckily it was worth to watch at the end.
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