Stop Framing Photography Experiment

Today, we went in the studio to experiment with stop framing photography. The whole group came together with ideas to create 3 different quick examples of stop framing photography. We used a selection of different materials and objects from the studio to help us create our background and story of the photography. In the shoot we used a 5D Canon Camera, Bowens lighting equipment, props, fabrics, suitcase, camera stand and a step ladder. All this equipment was needed to make our photo video. Making a stop frame video takes a lot of time and people to help produce a good video. 

I enjoyed being in the studio, working with the whole group and i've realised stop framing photography isn't as easy as it looks. There are a lot of things you need to consider when producing one such as: 

- lighting

- camera settings and position

- what's going to be in the each picture

- what movement is going to be made in each picture

- safety for people in the studio

- who is going to move the objects or props in each picture

This is the example video, that Mr Steve made up, on the spot, to give us an example on how easy it is to produce a picture. We used coloured sheets in this video to create the background. This clip is of a boy swimmming in the sea, to try and produce the look of the sea we had two people at each end of the blue sheet holding it and moving it to create the movement of the waves. Then George moved his arms, in slow movements, to make it look like he was swimmming. George found it hard to move his arms as he was on his side and can't move his arms properly. We took 24 photos in this video. As this was our first making of a stop framing video with didn't really know what to

do in this video. We weren't sure on how small the movements could be in order for it to look good.

The second clip we did was of dylan on his skate board. We kept moving the skateboard in different positions and dylan moved himself in slow movements to make it look as though he was riding the skateboard. The group up with the idea when we were going along that dylan was going to do a few tricks and then fall off his skateboard. We used the purple and red sheets to create a colourful background and the yellow sheet to create a pipe. By moving the skateboard and dylan in small movements we were able to create a realistic video. I think that this image could be improved by having more of the pipe and also that dylan and the skateboard were closer to the pipe instead of being in mid air skating. Overall this worked well and i will be making it into a video and choosing a selection of music to go with the clip.

In the third clip, we did a clip of a girl walking with a suitcase. We used a blue sheet to create the sky and a grey sheet to represent the path and a few white sheets to create the clouds and a yellow sheet for the sun. We had two girls moving the clouds to make it look like that Samantha was moving but instead the objects around her were moving. She was just moving her legs in a walking position, to make it look like she was moving. The group helped Samantha to move her body and the suitcase in every image, in slow movements, as the suticase was quite difficult to move.

From this experiment, I have gained a few ideas on what stop frame video I would like to produce. Also I know how much effort needs to be put in order for me to create a good stop motion video.