Video and Sound Production
Project 3: Stop Motion
INSTRUCTIONS
Stop motions different in styes and art direction in many ways, you might only like certain of them; those are the stop m motion stye you want to give it a try.
Proposal allows us to initiate the project in a systematic way: It set the direction after we view/research on the subject matter.
You only need to work until :VISUAL REFERENCES/MOOD BOARDS (rational, screen shots & Links) only for week 9.
The second part you can continue after the shooting test on campus/or individual.
PROGRESS
WORKING TITLE: OPPORTUNITY
STOP MOTION TYPE: Cutout Animation
THEME (SOCIAL ISSUE): Job Promotion Issue
SYNOPSIS (ONE PARAGRAPH ONLY):
A hard working and kind worker is experiencing the opportunity to get himself a job promoted. On the other hand, his colleague only has to flatter everyone in order to get promoted. Why is it that he can't get the job promotion? Perhaps being hard working isn’t enough for one to actually get chosen for the job promotion. Going far and trying to learn what it is that he is missing, or is he really fine with how things are going?
VISUAL REFERENCES/MOOD BOARDS (rational, screen shots & Links):
- TITLE01: Only Life/ 命ばっかり- by Eve
Link: 命ばっかり / ぬゆり(cover) - Eve
Mostly getting Visual Reference
This is only just a music video that I would like to achieve the same kind of energy as having a main character in the video being hard working and maybe to show an emotion of the character like how they feel and what they decided to do.
Figure 0.1: Screengrab of the video
The art style also attracted my attention a lot which is just a simple neutral colour and simple art for the video to work.
- TITLE02: Paper • Short Film - by Mat-a Freelance
Link: Paper . Shortfilm
Getting Concept Ideations
The stop motion concept for this video is like using many different draw outs on papers to create animation. They did not use fixed paper cut outs to shoot different positions or actions, which makes them have to draw out many different poses on the paper and then only cut them out to do the stop motion.
Figure 0.2: Screengrab of the video
Figure 0.3: Screengrab of the video
The style in this stop motion also seems pretty simple and neutral colors. As for the luminosity in this video, it is dark and cold-tone all the way through until the end part it goes bright and warm-tone.
- TITLE03: Any other World - by Anson Hou
Getting Concept Ideations
The concept of this paper cut out stop motion is rather interesting, where its motions are changed by adjusting the joints from the body parts. I like how this concept works as well because this actually only needs one fixed paper cut out in order to perform the animations. But still, this also needs time to get the joints right and make the actions smooth.
Figure 0.4: Screengrab of the video
Figure 0.5: Screengrab of the video
The style of the scene transition also seems interesting as it goes only back and forth within the same areas or rooms. This shows that the character in this video is just living the life of a loop with jobs and home only.
EQUIPMENT & PROPS:
A. Camera: Phone camera
B. Tripod: Phone holder/tripod
C. Stop motion software/app: Adobe Premiere Pro, Stop Motion Studio (app)
D. Puppet material: papers
E. Background set: drawn/printed on papers
SHOOTING DATE:
A. Trial shoot (1 shot, 3 seconds only): 20th October 2021
B. Principle shoot: 7th - 11th November 2021
Plot segmentation
- Exhausted worker works until late at night at the company.
- He thinks about how he got chosen for the job promotion because of his hard work.
- He thinks about the colleague he secretly likes who always comes to him for help everyday since he got chosen for the promotion.
- He feels happy and fluffy just thinking about how everything is happening right now.
- After day to day working life, the day for him to get promoted has come.
- He was excited for the day, then he heard some celebrating noises and went to check what’s happening behind him.
- People are celebrating because the colleague he likes got promoted.
- He turned back to his desk and started to work again, until late at night.
- The girl never came to him for help ever again.
Shotlist
- [ ~ ] = [ same as above ]
- [ Scene, shot/ Framing- angle/ Setting/ Camera ] ↴
Sc 1 Sht 1/ OTS- ∠Above head/ Company or work place/ Phone camera
- The worker looks at the bright screen.
Sc 1 Sht 2/ FMS/ ~
- The worker is looking at the computer screen and feeling exhausted.
- He started having flashbacks on the day he got chosen for the job promotion by the boss due to his hard work.
- He started to think about the girl he likes and always willing to help her to do her work.
- He blushes just from thinking that she came to him for help.
Sc 1 Sht 3/ MWS- ∠Eye level/ ~
- He finishes his and her work on his own, staying up late.
Sc 2 Sht 1/ MWS- ∠Eye level/ Home/ ~
- He went home late at night.
Sc 3 Sht 1/ MWS- ∠Eye level/ Company or work place/ ~
- He goes to work early in the morning.
- He helped the colleague again, staying up late at work.
- He went home and went to work again and again.
- The day for him to get promoted has come, he got excited.
- He hears a bunch of hands clapping and celebrating sound.
- The girl he liked got promoted.
- He went back to his desk.
Sc 4 Sht 1/ FMS/ ~
- He looks at the computer screen and continues his work alone again until late night.
- The colleague never came to him for help again.
Storyboard
Figure 0.6: The main character
This project I will be doing it all on my own, I drew all the characters and objects that I would need in the stop motion. Then I cut them out carefully. After that, I start to shoot my stop motion.
Figure 0.7: Legs
Figure 0.8: Scuffed shooting set up
Figure 0.9: How I assemble the joints
Figure 1.0: Just to see how scuffed it was
Figure 1.1: Transferring photos
Number of Shots taken: 282 photos
Figure 1.2: Editing in Premiere Pro
Hours taken: 26 hours total
Final Stop Motion
YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/zoY7E9ErlgU
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