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Re: floating/jumping/flying models?
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lugnet.animation
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Mon, 2 Aug 2004 18:41:39 GMT
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In lugnet.animation, Joe Strout wrote:
> How do stop-motion animators make models that are in mid-air on certain frames?
> I can imagine suspending the model with a thread and then scrubbing the thread
> out digitally, but (1) that's a lot of work, and (2) the model wouldn't be very
> stable, making it hard to position properly. What other techniques do people
> use?
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> Thanks,
> - Joe
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> P.S. This is my first LUGNet post, so please be gentle!
There are a few different tricks that you can use. One is the string trick that
you mentioned above. I've never had much luck with it myself.
A second trick is to build some sort of supporting structure that is behind your
object, away from the camera, that ties into your background somehow. I've done
this with claymation before, using a wooden dowel. Basically, the dowel sticks
into the model on the back, and then into the backdrop. Because it is behind
the model, away from the camera's view, it looks like the object is suspended in
mid-air. If I get some time tonight, maybe I'll put together a Lego-ized
version of this and post it somewhere as an example.
A third trick that I've heard about is to film the object on glass. I'm not
sure exactly how it works, but I think you would probably put the camera on the
ground, pointed up, with the glass over it, and then lay your model on it's
side, against the glass. When filmed, the object looks like it is right-side
up, and flying through the air. This would be similar to the old trick of
making it look like an actor is climbing a wall by having them crawl across the
floor in front of a tilted camera.
There are probably others, but those are the ones that I am familiar with. Hope
that helps!
-Elroy
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