In the stopmotion block we looked at abstract transformation as well as basic stopmotion principles. In our first session we were told to create a short animation of one shape transforming into another. We cut the frames from card paper and then shot them using dragonframe.
In the next session we reviewed each clip giving pointers. Our biggest issue was a loose floorboard under our tripod which moved whenever we stepped near it. Because of this our video looks very shaky.
We then listened to 4 different soundbites and we drew abstract images for what each sound felt like to us.
We were then told to pick a sound in our table groups and plan an animation thinking about the principle of transformation. Our group picked sound #2 due to the strong imagery we all felt from it. There were lots of distinct sounds which I picked apart in my sketchbook.
We split our sound clip into four five-second clips and each picked one to storyboard and animate. Then I went home and planned what I wanted to do.
The next Monday session was spent cutting out our frames which took all 3 hours. I brought in lots of origami paper with different textures as I wanted to have a sort of circular explosion of color in my clip to represent the sound of water rippling.
On Wednesday we photographed our clip and added the sound in. The photographing took us longer than our scheduled session, but luckily the stopmotion room was open late, so we managed to film it all in the one day we had. It took us quite some time to put our set up together, as we were using tissue paper for the background and we needed to hold it up. My scene also included a perspex sheet forming a midground so the shadows of the shapes would appear on the background. We had to put a pole over the top in order to hold that sheet up too.