mmastrof_project2

=Marianne Mastrofini - Project 2=

- consistency: keeping the scenes as consistent as possible while trying to make the appropriate changes, making sure not to leave objects that were not there before or moce things that are not meant to be moved. And after hours of taking photos and moving things, you start to cut corners and as a result, not keeping a close eye, for example, my feet showing in shots, accental random exacto knife appearing next to the sketchbook. - camera shots: a lot of shots required movement, following the person, following the objects as they move, etc and thus no tripod was used, but with this required a steady hand holding the camera, and trying to keep the shots as clear and consistent from one shot to the next. - shaky camera! - taking breaks between scenes to set up the next scene: noticable lighting inconsistencies, beginning a project in the afternoon, and finishing at night. - recutting scenes: then trying to merge shots over one another
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 * **Challenges:**

I did a few demo shoots, just to warm up and get used to doing stop motion, how far to move objects to keep the action fairly smooth. Before I shot the video, I went over each scene making sure everything was clarified and made sense. Then, rather than shooting the video once then re-shooting the whole thing, I worked scene by scene, fixing problems as they happened, then deleting those photos.

One benefit of stop motion is being able to fix problems as they happen, re-shooting correctly and then just deleting the bad photos.

In the end, I had so many different ideas in mind for stop motion, that if i were to do one video, it would look too overcrowded and random, instead, I thought itd be best to do a series of different short videos to promote one theme. Looking through my books, I came across Bliss Express, which consists of a series of illustrators and artists that discuss what happiness means to them. I decided to take a few of these quotes, and come up with potential stop motion videos.
 * Final Idea:**


 * Rough Sketches and Storyboards:**

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 * Inspiration:**

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 * Original Ideas:**

Rationale:

Inspired by the book Bliss Express, which is a book that takes a look at numerous illustrators and artists and their perception of happiness, this video takes one of the quotes from the book and breaks it down into a short stop motion piece.

The quote: Happiness lurks in everyday life, and only those who notice it, can take it in, i make myself happy.

I decided to break this quote down, taking an everyday scenario and presenting it in a more interesting, fun light, taking objects found throughout the scene and creating type out of them. The quote speaks through these everyday objects as they dance from one end of the room to the next, yet unnoticed by the person in the video.


 * its currently being re uploaded to vimeo, this time it should work, itll be done in 15 minutes? scratch that, 50 minutes, plus the waiting line. ||