Film 1 - Straight Ahead - Plasticine
This was my first attempt at a stop motion animation (if you didn't count the pixilation which was arguably very similar) and I ended up with a few notable learning points. Similarly to pixilation for the most part, there were very little chances to redo a frame without redoing the whole scene because it was difficult to remold the plasticine to the exact shape it was before the frame change, as seems to be the case with straight ahead animation in general.
Also for no particular reason, I made my model anthropomorphic instead of human by adding large ears. At the time I didn't think it would have much of an effect, but during filming it actually benefitted in conveying my character's curiosity.
One thing that bothered me about my animation which I didn't realise until much later was that the lighting was not constant due to my shadow inadvertently making an appearance in the odd frame here and there. For future reference I now know to be wary of my position when I'm taking the photos. I would also add a better background as that bothered me too.
Don't Text and Drive
Pose to pose generally seems easier to deal with as it comes with a certain degree of leniency when it comes to redoing frames. However, I had a harder time with this film than with the plasticine, purely due to technical issues when it came to transferring the images into the video software (ultimately I had to downgrade the size and quality of the images just so I could work with them).
I did like how this turned out however (I ended up changing my original idea and adding a bit of pixilation for comedic value) and it was fun to see it all come together in the end.
First Flight
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