Stop Frame Project

Just thought I'd offer a small update on a project I have been slowly chipping away at for a while now. It's an experimental stop-frame video that I've been animating using my digital SLR camera. It's the first animation project I've tried with it (even though I've had it for 2 years) and I am amazed with the quality of the thing - especially for capturing light. Below are a few screenshots that look strange, but don't give much away because a few of them will flash by very quickly.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/d oki66/IMG_0027.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/d oki66/IMG_0085.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/d oki66/IMG_0475.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/d oki66/IMG_0589.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/d oki66/IMG_0614.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/d oki66/IMG_0938.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/d oki66/IMG_2240.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/d oki66/IMG_4253.jpg

It would be cool to upload this to NG when it's ready (as well as youtube) but I'm really not sure how to prepare it as an swf and have it still look ok. Any help on that matter would be appreciated

Stop Frame Project

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Skankles 2008-05-30 23:32:39

Sexy, I'm looking forward to it!

Doki 2008-05-30 23:32:39

I've never seen such a quick comment!

MindChamber 2008-05-30 23:48:04

is saladfingers in it? lol

Graeme 2008-05-30 23:53:46

This looks like it's going to be the most twisted, and wierdest thing in the world!!

The two that freak me out the most is the first with the Pig dude, and the one where the hand is holding the head, and the walls are covered in like bloody newspapers.
O_o

mrnihil 2008-05-30 23:55:42

where do you find all of the masks and heads and sometimes bugs you use?

Doki 2008-05-30 23:55:42 (Updated 2008-05-31 11:43:13)

This time I struck gold! In the house that I rent, the garage is so packed with old junk that you literally have to climb right over it to get in. Some of it has been there since the 1980s.

Meebs 2008-05-30 23:57:15

Looks amazing!
That first image makes me so excited.

squeakytoad 2008-05-30 23:58:07

Man, you have on weird mind.

squeakytoad 2008-05-30 23:59:01

*one weird

Need... edit... button...

De-Line 2008-05-31 00:48:35

as long as you tell us where to go to see it i dont care where it is :)

50vmp 2008-05-31 00:55:41

those images are very interesting I can't wait until it's finished

BlueHippo 2008-05-31 01:35:54

Is it going to be animated to another Aphex Twin song? Loved some of your other experimental films...

I say, fuck it. Just embed the movie into the flash, and email the .swf to Tom, and he will add it to NG. Fuck that 10k limit ;P

Too bad we can't have streaming flvs on NG though, eh? Lookin' forward to see what crawls out of your mind next ;)

Doki 2008-05-31 01:35:54 (Updated 2008-05-31 11:44:57)

I probably will make the music myself because I'm sick of not owning the full copyrights to most of my work....or use some music that's been donated.

PolishMatt 2008-05-31 01:38:21

Great work, keep it up and can't wait to see it.

jerbjpg 2008-05-31 02:12:31

Stop motion is an amazing medium! It's one of my hobbies.

To save it as a SWF you could try editing your image sequence in AfterEffects then exporting it out as an SWF.

Doki 2008-05-31 02:12:31

I could do but it'd need to have a preloader.

Tomajko 2008-05-31 02:16:23

Wow, looks like it'll be very weird, creative, and perhaps scary? The photos have a nice look to them, I'm anxious to see the final result!

Sawdust 2008-05-31 03:05:33

Everyone's going to be like "GURR, IT BE SCARY WHY ON FRUNT PAIG". Good luck, I can't wait.

Gerkinman 2008-05-31 03:47:30

Looks like a breath of fresh air, im really looking forward to it.

As for compression for swf, id say Knox is the guy to talk too, he seems to have compression pretty well mastered. Atleast compared to most other people here.

ZekeySpaceyLizard 2008-05-31 03:54:03

yaaay

munchmed 2008-05-31 06:54:25

very excited about this!

Apophic 2008-05-31 07:39:34

Brilliant. I love your stopmotion videos.

Psi43 2008-05-31 08:43:14

Well, you couldn't upload it to youtube with "ok" looking quality either. Maybe just upload it with the best quality you can (that doesn't boost the upload limit) and add a link in the menu/preloader to a high quality file?

mraw 2008-05-31 09:25:03

great stuff, i remember watching all your older animations on fat-pie that are stop motion. have you seen 'LichtFaktor', they make some insane light photograhpy animations that look alot like that last piccy. keep up the amazing work, look foward to it

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