Stop Motion from Sajia Rahman on Vimeo.
In order to create the stop motion video, I took a total of 178 pictures. There was two videos I was really inspired by, the Candy Stop Animation, and the Whiteboard stop animation. After doing some research, I decided I would use the whiteboard animation as an inspiration since I really liked that idea the most. In order to carry out this project, I use a big whiteboard which I already had at home. I went and bought some whiteboard markers and candies. I set the whiteboard on the floor, and had a stool to support my arms while I took one picture after another from a birds-eye view. I also used a lamp to project some light, since I found that the light helped place focus on the drawings, and since I took the pictures during night time, the light helped brighten the area. Next, I started to draw bit by bit the image I wanted to create. Once I was done, I followed the steps in class, and used Windows Live Movie Maker and re-organized my images. For most of the images, I had to work backwards. Meaning I drew the final image first, and then slowly started erasing the image. When I re-organized my images, I changed the position of the pictures.
One very valuable thing I learned during this project was patience. I didn’t realize it takes a lot of patience, time and creativity to create a really good stop motion video. In the end, I really wish I took more time in adding for pictures or creating a storyline but since I did my stop motion without planning a storyline ahead of time, I couldn’t really think of anything on the spot. I also wish I had a camera stand because I think it would have made a big difference and would have prevented my camera from moving a lot. Besides, the previous difficulties, I didn’t really encounter any problems. I needed to keep my arms stable to the best of my ability so I used a stool, however since I was taking the images alone, I found it a bit hard to stop in between each shot. However, I still liked my end result. It looked cool to see how many images put together could create video, and this made me appreciate even more the people who create stop animation videos. I definitely think I will be making another one soon, and this time I can make a few adjustments and learn from my mistakes. My stop motion video is 21 seconds long with a 0.09 second transition between each shot.
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