I have decided to incorporate stop motion images within my animation to reflect reality in its true form but still depicting movement. I plan to then animate the main character within these shots in some of the scenes to symbolise how she has become part of this virtual world. I have attempted to capture the stop motion shots this week but I struggled with setting the interval timer shooting settings and therefore failed. I ended up taking each shot myself which did not have the flow needed and I also had not considered using a tripod, which on reflection I will now for my next shoot.
The images above are all my initial attempts at creating a stop motion reel of photographs and as you can see they do not exactly flow into one another. As I could not manage to set up the interval timer setting I had resorted to taking as many pictures as I could in the shortest space of time. At one point I was asking my model to act in slow motion so that the camera would pick up each change. This was a good trial for the location and also for how the scene would be set up but I knew these could not be used in my actual project.
As I have my own SLR, the Nikon D5000, I have chosen to research into how to set up my camera correctly in order to produce a stop motion project. The website below outlined exactly how I alter the settings specifically for my model. I need to go to the Interval Shooting Mode and set the amount of frames per second. The site also mentioned changing the Shutter Priority Mode of 0.8 seconds and set the image quality to JPEG Medium. Along with this it is also stated that it is preferable to use a tripod in order to maintain continuity.
Nikon D5000 Interval Shooting Mode Explanation
The images below are my second attempt at stop motion. This time I had researched into it properly and I had a tripod so these images are really successful and will be used for my final project.
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