4k/Stop Motion Shoot
Last night we started shooting for our 4k project!
I was a little late due to class, but Austin and Daniel set up the stage and ran test shots to make sure that we had the correct image size to account for the cropping. We also figured out how many photos we would need to make sure that the stop motion was fluent and everything was done in 24 frames per second. We figured out what shots we needed, and broke it down into seconds, and then broke those seconds down into 24 frames. I knew what we were getting into, but since this was my first time actually doing stop motion, I was amazed by how much work goes into it. We were in the studio for over 6 hours and were only able to complete the first 35 seconds of our minute!
For the project we wanted to have different colored fruit and vegetables go through a transformation and then transition to another fruit/veggie. For example, we had a lemon "juiced" into lemon heads, which rearranged themselves to form the shape of a banana, which transformed to a real banana after Daniel touched it. It was very time consuming for each fruit and transition, and it was difficult working with the props under the heat of the lighting. We had to work slow enough so that the stop motion was fluid, and fast enough to make sure the food didn't melt under the lighting. At the end of the night we scrolled through the photos and we are pretty happy with the progression. We are pretty happy with what we got, but shooting is only half the battle...we still have to go through the cropping/editing the photo sequence.
I thoroughly enjoyed working with my group. At UCSD I have found it hard to find a group that actually works well together. Usually some people slack off, one person does all the work, it is hard to meet up and the project turns out looking half assed. I think our group had a great dynamic, we all worked really well together, we split the work evenly, shared ideas and I think our end result will be better because of how well our group worked. Even after the midnight mark when we were all getting cranky, we still worked together and kept pushing on. We all had a common idea and kept each other driven, and I thought it made the experience better. We also had a lot of fun doing the project, which made it easier to get through the hours :)