they become great friends later

[finnigan_geist]

So hey, here's the short stop-motion animation thing I mentioned I made the other night. Basically, we had the nice camera and I still have those failed attempts at cake toppers sitting around the apartment and I thought "Hey! Those little dudes + camera = stop motion!"

Brian did the color correcting because he's great ♥.

Comments

[greyduck]

Hah! Very cute, and it's stuff like this which makes me want to experiment on my ducks similarly. I know it'd take FOREVER, though...

[finnigan_geist]

Thanks! But really, it doesn't take all that long, depending on what you're doing. This video was about 2 ish hours of taking pictures, and a good part of that was trying to fix my computer so it would work as a remote for the camera. Then I just slapped it all in Vegas and Brian color corrected it and fiddled with the settings a bit, and bam. 15 seconds of stop motion fun.

[greyduck]

I TOTALLY need a remote-clicker dingus for my camera. Hmmm. You are giving me IDEAS, you know. This can only end in tears. Or fire. Or hilarity. Something like that.

[sideburnpower]

HURRAH FOR CREEPY WEDDING TOPPERS GAINING LIFE.

[finnigan_geist]

thanks i think

[anonymous]

I recently read Cracking Animation, which is a book about Aardman Animation (the Wallace and Gromit people). I think it would be really helpful for you; maybe your library has a copy! Other useful things: maybe marking precisely where the figure was (behind it so it doesn't show up on camera, maybe with a pencil line?) when swapping figures, or maybe you could have one body with a hole drilled in it and have a bunch of wooden balls with pegs stuck in them for the heads, so you only have to swap the heads? Or perhaps put the peg in the body and just drill holes in the heads, as that might be easier. I don't know, but it looks like it'll be fun to play with!

--gg_83