http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ Videomaker Forums » Topic: Some stop-motion questions en Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:22:08 +0000 http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/some-stop-motion-questions#post-38661 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:13:02 +0000 grinner 38661@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>bailing wire spun together works perfectly. yu can make the bones from wood. Where you leave gaps... those are joints.</p> <p>It'll be good for you to play without armatures at all first. You'll get a feel for plasticina this way.</p> <p>here are some ideas you can try with logos and such:</p> <p><a href="http://grinnerhester.com/demoreel07.wmv">http://grinnerhester.com/demoreel07.wmv</a></p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/some-stop-motion-questions#post-38649 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:34:19 +0000 ralck 38649@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Thanks for the tips guys!</p> <p>I'll have to do some digging around and look at some tutorials to figure out what I want to use for skeletons.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/some-stop-motion-questions#post-38646 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:58:09 +0000 grinner 38646@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>you'll find some sweet armature how-tos online with a quick search.</p> <p>If you build one right, man, your life will be easier and the end result will run circles around trying to make something work and not quiiiite gettin it to.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/some-stop-motion-questions#post-38586 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:41:18 +0000 D0n 38586@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I can offer you two peices of advice....</p> <p>one: the "Hardness" or "Softness" of light quality is dependant on one thing... The size of the lightsource, relative to the size of the subject.</p> <p>therefore a large lightsource (ie: the Sun) will give harder light on a distant subject (ie: a person on earth) than a smaller light closer to the subject (ie a softbox two feet from the subject). </p> <p>so test out what you got to get the look you want. at the size you're looking at, halogen worklamps should be great!</p> <p>next item:</p> <p>your models.</p> <p>Clay works great as a skin, over a structure, but sucks structually speaking. </p> <p>at the size you're talking about, I'd go this way:</p> <p>Bionicles, or toy action figures (Barbie, GI Blow, etc), use heavy copper wire and zip ties to reinforce the joints, then lay on layers of clay over top..... </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/some-stop-motion-questions#post-38584 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:20:27 +0000 ralck 38584@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I did a quick skim-through and didn't seem anything similar, so I thought I'd ask...</p> <p>So without getting into details, I'm going to have to be immobile for the next few days at least... depending if my toe is broken or not...</p> <p>Well, I've had a few ideas about trying my hand at clamation and other forms of stop-motion.  My question is... to use a system of 3-point lighting in a small scale like that, what kind of lights should I use?  Should I use lights I would normally use on a live-action shoot and just use stuff to diffuse them and cut down the light as much as possible?  Should I just use those lights as-is?  Should I get some sort of smaller lights... even using household lamps and white-balance in my camera?</p> <p>I want to light like film... I just don't know what kind of lights will work best for a small scale.  And just to give you an idea, I'm thinking the clay puppets will probably be between 1-2 feet tall.</p> <p>Also... I was thinking of going down to the local craft store and getting some modeling clay.  Will that be rigid enough to stay where I want it and still flexible enough to move?</p>