Stop motion project
due monday 3/23/2020 (25 points)
Now that you have planned your shoot, it’s time to shoot your plan. Your video must be 30 seconds in length. Here are some things to consider…
STORY REQUIREMENTS
Your story needs a beginning middle and an end. Your movie is a little narrative. It doesn’t have to be an epic motion picture, but it does need a storyline.•Example: SELF CLEANING ROOM Story narrative. Room is messy. Clothes and stuff in room is scattered everywhere, then before the viewers’ eyes, objects gradually move back into place –film ends with a clean room.
EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS
A digital camera
A tripod! You will need a tripod to keep the camera still while photographing your subject. Otherwise your animation will look choppy and shaky.
IMAGE REQUIREMENTS
Shoot lots and lots of photos! Standard films or movies are shot at 24 frames per second, and video is generally shot at 30 frames per second. The more images you shoot, the smoother the stop motion animation will be. So to give you a rough estimate of the number of shots you'll need; a 15-second animation would need about 150-225 images. A 30-second animation would need about 300-450 images.
EDITING REQUIREMENTS
Create your stop motion using iMovie. For directions about how to create stop motion watch this link: iMovie11 stop motion tutorial.
EXPORTING AND NAMING•In iMovie, save your project under the “share” pull-down menu, scroll down and select the either the "Large" or "HD 720" setting.
Name your film: stopmotion_KL.mp4
Time-lapse mini project
due monday 3/9/2020 (15 points)
We will be making our own time-lapse over the course of the next couple days. you will create your images in class using the equipment we have, or shooting over the weekend. Each choice has their benefits. In class you will have access to a DLSR camera and remote shutter release, but you will have limited locations available to you. While over the weekend / at home you will have unlimited locations to shoot but are limited to your own equipment.
reminders
you should be shooting a MINIMUM of a half an hour to get all the shots needed to create your video
24 or 30 (the math is easier for 30) frames per second.
That means that you would need to take 30 images to get one second of video
suggestion: (1 image every 30 seconds for 30 minutes) Aim for a Total of 60 images. ( in post, 1 Image = 2 Frames or 3 Frames)
find something stable to shoot your images on (tripod works best)
you must turn in
your edited video (we will go over how to do this in class)
this is worth 10 points
a contact sheet with all the images you used (5 columns x 5 rows)
this is worth 5 points
to make your time-lapse (click here to watch the imovie tutorial)
Open iMovie and create a new project
Import your time-lapse images
select all and drag them down into your sequence / time line
Highlight all of the images in the time line. Click on the crop tool above the canvas to make a unified crop
Export your movie to the desktop.
Import your movie, delete images from timeline, and drag your clip into the timeline
Click on the speed gauge to change the duration of your clip (standard duration for images is 4 seconds)
click on the speed dropdown menu and select custom option
240% = 24 fps, 300% = 30 fps, 600% = 60 fps
Export your video which you are happy with the speed of your clip
Rename your file: timelapse_KL.mp4
Submit
