The idea is there, but making it a reality is proving challenging. I started out by setting my
camera (a Canon EOS 400D/Digital Rebel XTi) on continuous and walking down the high street continuously taking pictures at a rate of about 2-3 photos per second. I tried to stabilise the camera and keep it at around the same height and angle the whole way by keeping it taut around my neck and taking pictures as I walked. After making a spectacle of myself in this way with people staring at me the whole time, I then imported all the 1,540 photos into Final Cut Pro.At first I tried just banging them all in, setting the
duration (see photo, right) all to a fixed time (.04 seconds) and trying to make it work. My first attempt can be seen below, with no transitions:
esther stop motion intro1 from carlina flood on Vimeo.
I wasn't happy with the result as it seemed too jerky and all over the place to seem natural and served to distract rat
her than had the effect I was trying to get. So I tried, on Mike's suggestion, importing all the photos again but this time using the Overwrite -> with transition tool, which inserted a cross-dissolve in between each frame. This made it have a softer feel, not as jerky and smoother and I was happier with the overall effect. I also edited many of the photos, cutting out big chunks that weren't needed and weren't the strongest part of it.I then started to add text, trying to find a way to superimpose statistics without distracting from the visual narrative and added music, the song twentyten by the band Colours which is licensed under Creative Commons, syncing it to the edit. Here is a sample of what I've done so far:
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