Video and Sound Production // Final Project : 60s Stop Motion
Lo Yi En / 0355192
Bachelor of Mass Communications (Hons)
Video and Sound Production
Final Project : 60s Stop Motion
20/05/2024-29/07/2024 / (Week 5-14)
INSTRUCTION
Final Project : 60s Stop Motion
Stop motion is a filmmaking technique that involves taking a series of
photographs and then playing them in a sequence to create the illusion of
movement. Our final project required us to work in pairs and create a
1-minute stop motion video.
Week 1 : 3 Favourite Stop Motion Video
Video 1 ; Crazy office worker's night meal by omozoc
In the stop-motion video, a late worker gets faxes saying he's fired.
Angry, he tears his clothes and turns them, along with his phone, into
sushi. After eating, he gets another fax saying the previous ones were
just jokes. I like how Omozoc uses things like clothes, office supplies,
shoes, and a phone to make the sushi.
Video 2 ; DISTORTION by Guldies
This stop-motion video is really amazing. It's so smooth that it
doesn't look like stop-motion at all. The style is simple and
abstract, with characters designed in geometric shapes. The
animation techniques, like squash and stretch and anticipation,
are used well, especially with the bouncy movements and the water
droplet. The detailed sound effects make the animation even
better. This stop-motion has an abstract idea and no clear story,
so the meaning can be anything or nothing at all. The title gives
a hint about what it's about, but the visuals don't show a
specific event, just abstract ideas. It's very open-ended, and I
like that it allows for freedom of interpretation.
Video 3 ; Lost & Found | Oscar Shortlisted Stop-Motion
Animation
This heartwarming stop-motion video tells a sweet story of
friendship. The team uses knitted toys and different materials
to make beautiful scenes, creating a visually appealing
result. I admire the creative storyline and the team's hard
work in making such a big and touching production.
Theme : Global Warming - Save the polar bear
Storyline : A hungry polar bear made of paper walks on the
ice, searching for food. As it moves, the ice starts to melt
because of global warming. The bear struggles to stay on the
ice, but eventually, it falls into the water and drowns. The
film ends with a quote: "There is no Planet B.”
Week 11 : Proposal
As with any other project, we first had to make a proposal
of our story idea, plot segmentation and storyboard
etc.
Fig 1.1 ; Final Project Proposal Slide - PDF
Week 12 : Shooting
We had our shooting on Jul 22nd, 2023 (Mon) in the Photography
Studio.
Materials: A4 paper ,Black Marker, Scissors, Glue, Graph paper
Before shooting, we made the shooting element with A4 paper, draw out
and cut it down one by one.
Fig 1.2 ; Shooting elements
Fig 1.3 ; Behind the scene
We used my phone with the Stop Motion Studio app to film the
video.We took turns to replace the work, sometimes I was in charge
of moving the props, kaixuan was in charge of filming,
sometimes she was in charge of moving the props, I was in
charge of filming, the whole process is quite difficult and
hard, because if you move the angle is too big, the whole film
out of the effect is not smooth.
Fig 1.4 ; Shooting with stop motion app
After done shooting in five hours ,we have about 250
picture in total, I export all the shooting picture from
stop motion app then upload it in google
drive.
Google Drive Link : https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1VjJVUE3AJK2pvF2efB-n_N7_TPHvOrRN?usp=share_link
Week 13 : Stop Motion Editing
We decided using Kai Xuan's MacBook to edit the
video since I using my phone to shooting. Before
we started editing , we organised the clips to
make sure thier location is in the same place to
avoid missing files.
Fig 1.4 ; Adding clips into the
sequence
After that , we figure out the most suitable
amount of frames for our stop motion video is
2 frames , so we change it from original 5
frames to 2 frames.
Fig 1.4 ; Time frame
While kai xuan was arranging the photos,
I was looking on youtube or pixabay for
sound effects to put in the film. Then ,
kai xuan imported all the sound effects
that I found to our stop motion video and
she also added some audio transitions to
make it smoother.
Fig 1.5 ; Audio Editing
Fig 1.6 ; Audio Editing
Lastly, she adjusted the volume
of each sound effect to the
perfect volume to showing
up.
Fig 1.7 ; Audio Editing
Fig 1.8 ; Final Stop Motion Video
- Youtube
REFLECTION
This stop motion project was quite challenging during the shooting phase. We struggled to maintain consistent object and camera placement, leading to variations in the positioning of objects across the clips. However, we successfully solved these issues through editing, adjusting clip speed and duration, and incorporating sound effects, which ultimately made the outcome more engaging. Despite its imperfections, we found the project highly interesting and thoroughly enjoyed the entire video-making process. We are satisfied with the final result, even though it may not be perfect or exceptional.
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