Experimenting for Stop Motion

 On Friday the 19th, Me and Thomas along with the help of Chris Macdonald, started to test out camera shots and lighting to see if it was possible to do what we want to do. This all took place in the green screen room. We took out a camera, an Aladdin LED, a stand with a piece of folded paper on it, and a tripod there and play around with the two different types of shots we were going to make.

The First shots we played around with were the first person shots. What we had in mind and tested was taking a bunch of pictures continuously of our hands doing different actions in front of a green screen. Here are some examples hand gestures and movements we did:

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Left (with Prop)

Left (with Prop action)

Right (Prop and accidental beard)

Behind one arm

Behind Both Arms

So with these images we can show which position is better for us to film the camera, as we tried standing to the left and right of the camera, and also standing behind the camera with one of us pressing the shoot button down.

Next we played around with the lighting on our "model" to find the best lighting.

I believe we decided on 30 or 40 as the best lighting.

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The experiment was a success and now we have more confidence that our experimental project will work. Now we need to write our proposal and proceed with experiments. Especially moving the cameras and models when we start to stop motion.

Below are behind the scene exclusive photos on how we did the experiments.

The Green Screen

The Aladdin with a cover and a roughed up filter for diffusing light, along with the light box and the paper model.

Thomas with the Aladdin and the camera.

The Aladdin and the Camera.

Thomas and Chris setting up the Aladdin.

A visual of how the first person look is achieved.

The Camera and Thomas.

Hard at work.

Dramatic Green Screen Thomas which could be used as a wallpaper, just saying.

Me and Chris taking the test shots.

Chris Showing me how to use the Aladdin.