Video and Sound Production - Stop Motion/Final Project

Video and Sound Production - Stop Motion/Final Project

28/08/19 - 27/11/19 (Week 1 - Week 14)

Sia Man Sheng

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INSTRUCTIONS

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BRAINSTORMING

Preparation of Final Project

In order to have an vision of our final project, we are required to select 3 stop motion video as our reference.

Video 1.1

The Egg Escape

From here i am lookin at its interesting characters which is eggs that make the whole story come alive. Besides, it is small scale stop motion which match Mr. Martin requirement to show the details. Sound effect of cute eggs is another bonus to this. There is only minimal use of tools but pretty much rely on the manipulation of the clay itself which might be the obstacle here. Clay could be easily change it's shape which might affect the consistency and fluency. 

Video 1.2

Stop Motion Pizza

There is another way to make stop motion video: a process of making something. From this example, it is the process of making the pizza. It has inspired me on recording the process of making something that could transfer a normal record video into a much more funny video. With a detail noticed by me, it has clean the table every shot but leave the pathway of fruits after moving wet to make the scene looks real.

Video 1.3

Shiny

The interaction between clothes and motion has shaped out the scene and makes the character come to live. It contains some technique of taking stop motion video which is to create a changing in perspective by only placement of the clothes, slow motion and splash effect with the placement of beans on the floor. Besides, it has some details such as wind blow on clothes.


Stop Motion Idea

My stop motion IDEA is the adventure story of small creatures, quit related to "Toy Story". I will do Clay and objects. The VISUAL STYLE is more towards a bright environment while considering the interaction with objects.

Figure 1 Visual Style of my Stop Motion Video

The selling point of my stop motion project is lively interaction between character with catching and cute sound effect as well as interaction between character and the objects around our daily routine.

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PROPOSAL

Partner with Soo Wen Yi

First Attempt

We were given 7 audio files with the same music but in different equalizer settings. The task for this exercise was to match the sound of the 6 different tracks to the original music through manipulation of Parametric Equalizer.

FEEDBACK

• The selling point or special thing about our stop motion would be how the characters interact with the surroundings. Must be very crazy and WOW idea to catch attention
• Mr. Martin suggested to shoot in the photography studio as there is tables and controllable lightings.
• He also suggested us on "the students leave the table at the start and came back at the end" could be shot in video as well as slow motion. 
• Colour should go warmer to have the sense of joyful and cute 

Finalized Proposal

Idea
Character: 3 little characters/monsters
Story: A group of students were studying but the left their stuff on a table to go for a break. Their things are still on the table, after everyone left, the 3 characters would come out from pencil case/backpack/laptop bag and interact with the objects on the table. And after a while they would rush back to their places when they notice the students are coming back.

Medium
Clay for characters and objects for surrounding and environment.

Visual style
The selling point/I like the most of my stop motion project is being visually interesting

Storyline

Act 1- Introduction

• Students go for their lunch and leave their belongings at the table（e.g. Bags, laptop, pencil case, coffee,snacks, etc.)  
• Two cute little monsters (lazy & active) coming out from laptop and beneath notebook.

Act 2- Confrontation

1st event

• Two monsters (lazy and active) ran towards each other(bird/top view)- come in while holding the pencils
• Another Taller monster (calm) comes out from the pencil case which exist in the previous scene(as audience[reaction focus]) 
• Two monsters stab each other’s stomach and both of them fall back with the pencil stabbed in them. 
• Them 2 laughs out loud while fell back on the ground. 
• Show Taller monster reaction - speechless face and facepalm

2nd event

• One monster (lazy) laughs and turn on its side and saw a sexy lady on the sketchbook beside it. 
• Close up on eyes sparkles 
• Crawls first then turns into running towards the drawing and kisses the drawing 
• Active runs but couldn’t stop in time, so it knocked Lazy over and ended with them both one on top of the other.

3rd event

• Lazy kicks Active away, while Active flew across and and fit Calm who’s walking towards them 
• They both flew and hit a can of potato chips 
• Focus on can fall down and the chips flow out 
• Active fall beside the chips 
• Active take one and climb up the can 
• Jump down and surf on the chips continue to the edge of the table

Act 3- Resolution

• Active saw the students come back 
• Active shout 
• Show calm and lazy surprised face 
• They run back to their place- the end 

FEEDBACK

Mr. Martin suggested us to use cheaper clay that can be found in Mr. DIY and to use wire on flying scene then mask them out.

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STORYBOARD

First Attempt

I drew the storyboard manually and proceed to wen yi to transfer them into digital storyboard.

Figure 2.1 Process of drawing the storyboard

 

Figure 2.2 Storyboards

Presentation

Figure 2.3 Presentation Slide

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Refinement

Figure 2.4 Reining

Second Refinement

Figure 2.5 Drawing new storyboard

Figure 2.6 Adding new scene base on Feedback

Figure 2.7 New Scenes

Figure 2.8 Finalized Storyboard

Figure 2.9 Finalized Storyboard

FEEDBACK

• Not necessarily to set it at 1 minute sharp, can go beyond but not lesser than
• Give more time to some actions
• SImplify scenes due to overloaded scenes when applied in stop motion
• Add introduction to characters
• New storyline: come out- saw the magazine- kiss - fight - fly(wide shot) - end

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SHOOTING

Test-shot

We were given 7 audio files with the same music but in different equalizer settings. The task for this exercise was to match the sound of the 6 different tracks to the original music through manipulation of Parametric Equalizer.

Figure 2.4 making of characters

Figure 2.5 Characters

Figure 2.6 Test Shoot

Video 1 Test Shoot

Shooting

Figure 2.7 Process of shooting

Figure 2.8 Process of shooting

Figure 2.9 Process of shooting

Figure 2.10 Process of shooting

Shoot for Slow Motion Video

Video 2 Pouring of water

Video 3 Breaking Glass

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EDITING

Masking

Figure 3.1 Before Masking

Figure 3.2 After Masking

Compile as videos

Figure 3.3 Process

Colour Correction

Figure 3.4 Basic Corrections

Figure 3.5 Reference for Colour Correction

Figure 3.6 Colour Correction

Audio

Figure 3.7 Adding Sound Effects

Feedback from presentation:

• Add on Foodstep, title flying in and out, suction when rushing back and laptop closing sound effects
• Cute unrealistic sound is fine as our stop motion are more to comic style
• Impact sound should louder than the expression sound
• kissing longer and flying cannot go out of the frame(bad composition)

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FINAL OUTCOME

Catch Them If You Can

Final Outcome (Youtube)

Link to the Drive: Catch Them If You Can