Recently in the world more and more gains popularity stop motion. And the more original the scenery, the more interesting the script and the presentation of the material, the more you will have subscribers and views. In this article you will learn the basic principle of filming stop motion and what you need for this.
How to remove stop motion: basic principle
The basic principle of shooting is to create a large number of frames. First you need to write a script, make a scene (for example, a doll house) and place dolls in it. An initial picture is taken, then the model performs a slight movement, then the picture is taken again and so on. Thus, during installation, you get a puppet animation.
Remove from a tripod or from a stable and level surface. It is better to take pictures with a delay in order to avoid unnecessary camera shake when you press the shutter button. Lighting should be natural, as the flash can give too harsh shadows. If possible, make such lighting so that in Photoshop you do not have to fix anything. Also securely fasten the scene to prevent accidentally touching it.
Ideally, for one second of such animation, twelve shots should be taken. But just in case, take backup pictures, since during installation, most likely, you will have to remove some marriage.
What do you need?
Before you remove the motion stop, carefully consider the shooting plan. For this, plasticine figures or any articulated dolls are most suitable. For example, Monster High dolls. They remove the stop motion usually in a specially prepared place. To create a scene, you may need cardboard for decorations, paints, a variety of designer paper and miniatures for doll houses, as well as situational toys.
You can use a professional camera (for example, "Canon 560D") or a smartphone. Remember that before you remove the motion stop on the phone, you must take special care of the lighting. By the way, you can install a special installation program on your smartphone, so you can create cartoons without downloading all the images to your computer.
So that the pictures were from one angle and there was no shaking effect, you need to buy a tripod for the camera or for the phone. If you cannot purchase it, then install the camera or phone on a flat and hard surface, having previously fixed it.
Sound recording
So what to do with sound? After you have prepared the script, it is best to record, if not the entire soundtrack, then at least individual replicas of the characters. Ideally, the whole sound is written first, and then pictures are created under it. If you first mount the video, and then proceed to record the sound, then you may need to change the replicas of the heroes (add something or vice versa).
What can I record sound on? There are several options: on the phone, voice recorder or microphone. The highest sound quality is obtained when recording voice to a professional voice recorder or microphone. However, in this case, you will need a sound card and a special program ("Sonar", "Kubeis"). But if you shoot on the phone, then you can also record sound on it, and then mount it there.
Editing and scoring
Now you know how to remove stop motion (Monster High, for example) on a camera or phone. The next step will be installation. If you use a phone, then, as mentioned above, you can install directly on it. If you are shooting on a camera, then install a special editing program on the computer and upload the pictures there. If you write sound to a recorder and use a lot of audio files in the process of creating an animation, then it is better to install the program in which you can edit both sound and video at once (for example, Vegas Pro). You need to process photos (for example, correct white balance) all at once. For this, batch processing is used.
When you have learned how to remove motion stop, and have fully mastered this business, you can start using various special effects during the installation process (for example, fire, rain or snowfall).
Thanks to a similar technique for creating an interesting video, the first cartoons appeared. Now stop motion is a powerful way of expressive art, it is used not only by bloggers on well-known resources, but also by professionals in their field - film and television directors. Currently, there are many studios specializing in frame- by -frame animation.