Sunday, November 29, 2009
Motion test
Here's a motion test I shot some time ago... actually it was before I had the Lumix camera, done with my Hitachi. I think I used a big zoom lens, which probably accounts for why out-of-focus things look so weird here. I was trying to develop a certain kind of motion that I could see in my head for this film... the characters and the camera all moving in unison like an orchestrated dance.
Oh and yeah, I know... he has some kind of neck spasm there. Rotational movement is hard to keep under control... so I learned something valuable from this test! I've learned how to use a framegrabber a lot better since then, though I really haven't tried another head turn like this - something I ought to do soon.
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14 comments:
so glad to have found your blog,
have never seen this type
of work up close the way you're
showing it.
thank you very much.
:-)
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.ero
looks good to me man! I like the way you stated how you want the camera and puppets to interact. it's the same kinda movement i picture in my head when i think about different shots. I like the way it makes everything seem alot less static and more alive.
I stuck a link up to your blog on one of my posts after reading through your silicon etc experiments. hope you don't mind.
all the best,
will
This is all very cool. I wish I had an eye for animation, unfortunately my best work is in stitch and is static.
Whoot! I love a good focuspull, looks great.
My God, even this older test is SENSATIONAL, Mike! I love the concept of the focus and camera movement. PERFECT for these sophisticated puppets!
(^ you ever get the feeling eWE're beeing watched but just can't get a good faux custard foe cussing on the mooning background?
(^ tsk. translation.
it's like when having a migraine:
images the mind KNOWS are RIGHT ..tHERE... but the brain refuses to notice the pertinent data for lack of contextual awareness .
Thanks everybody!! Will, link away my friend!! If I wanted to hide I wouldn't be posting on the net to begin with!
bRYEnd - I *THINK* you're referring to the guy's head in the background that comes into focus, that looks like the sun at first? Yeah, I Like that... things resolve themselves into something unexpected, something seemingly stationary suddenly becomes alive...
The whole shot would look a lot better if everything out-of-focus didn't have those annoying double-edges to them, and of course if Hoppy didn't have the palsy...
wow that made me jump! I really need to figure out how to turn my art dolls into stop-motion puppets. This stuff is really inspiring!
coolness....
these focal shifts are so cool in film....I am wishing I could have more of them in mine.
keying out the backrounds gets ugly with really blurry edges.
great to see the puppets moving again too.
jriggity
looks great
I really like out-of-focus things here. When he turns his head he suddenly gets out of focus and I think this looks more beautiful. This combined with the puppets head in the back makes it more like a dance.
I Love the eerie beauty of it! It's like the powerful Vampire looking at the less powerful vampire making him cower down. They move like a Rock Symphony. I Love your work!
awesome! I liked the focus and especially the beast! Keep on working!
damn this is some cool work you are doing. Gonna follow to keep up with your progress
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