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Steven Thomas · December 29th, 2008, 09:39 PM

Something to do over the holidays...
Shot on a Sony EX1 using frame mode.

There was not much light. Threw in some christmas tree lighting for effect ;)
Amazing what some holiday spirits bring. lol

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Erik Phairas · December 29th, 2008, 09:55 PM

Ha that is so funny you posted that, I will be doing some stop motion in the next month for our Sequel to John Carpenters, The Thing.

I've worked with it before I know how long it too you to do that. How did you time it to the music so well?

Just a guess, you planned a few of the shots, and then edited them together in time with the music? Looping where you needed it? Maybe stretching or compressing the time to match?

My favorite is the walle drummer. :)

Mark David Williams · December 30th, 2008, 03:02 AM

Nice animation..

Steven Thomas · December 30th, 2008, 06:49 AM

Thanks,
Actually I found that the song's 16th notes lined up close to 3FPS.
Therefore, 8th notes were 6 Frames, quarter notes were 12. Which meant each bar in 4/4 time was 48FPS.

If you set the EX1 to capture 3 frames, this was good enough to capture most.
The fast section where the drummer is playing 16th notes, we had to set the camera to 1 frame to be able to capture motion in between each drum hit.

It helps if you're a musician. I could of done a better job on the guitar, but it was all for fun.

Michael Rehfield · December 30th, 2008, 07:49 PM

Great work. I'm curious how long it took.

I'm also curious what settings you used to convert before uploading. I recently put up a 13-second clip using the Vimeo FAQ guidelines for HD and the file size seems rather large, and it's certainly nice as sharp and crisp as yours looks.

Thanks.

Steven Thomas · December 31st, 2008, 09:28 AM

Thanks Michael.
It probably took us less than 24HRs including throwing it on the timeline.
Since it was all for fun, I did not get fancy with levels in post.

I used Vegas 8c and rendered to 1920x1080 wmv file at "I believe" 20MB/s datarate.

December 29th, 2008, 09:39 PM	#1
Steven Thomas Trustee Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 1,896	EX1 animation Something to do over the holidays... Shot on a Sony EX1 using frame mode. There was not much light. Threw in some christmas tree lighting for effect ;) Amazing what some holiday spirits bring. lol Stop Motion Animation on Vimeo

December 29th, 2008, 09:55 PM	#2
Erik Phairas Major Player Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 628	Ha that is so funny you posted that, I will be doing some stop motion in the next month for our Sequel to John Carpenters, The Thing. I've worked with it before I know how long it too you to do that. How did you time it to the music so well? Just a guess, you planned a few of the shots, and then edited them together in time with the music? Looping where you needed it? Maybe stretching or compressing the time to match? My favorite is the walle drummer. :) __________________ EX3, Q6600 Quad core PC - Vista 64, Vegas 8.1 64bit, SR11 b-cam

December 30th, 2008, 07:49 PM	#5
Michael Rehfield Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: New York, New York Posts: 34	Converstion Settings? Great work. I'm curious how long it took. I'm also curious what settings you used to convert before uploading. I recently put up a 13-second clip using the Vimeo FAQ guidelines for HD and the file size seems rather large, and it's certainly nice as sharp and crisp as yours looks. Thanks.

December 30th, 2008, 03:02 AM	#3
Mark David Williams Major Player Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Hertfordshire UK Posts: 414	Nice animation..

December 30th, 2008, 06:49 AM	#4
Steven Thomas Trustee Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 1,896	Thanks, Actually I found that the song's 16th notes lined up close to 3FPS. Therefore, 8th notes were 6 Frames, quarter notes were 12. Which meant each bar in 4/4 time was 48FPS. If you set the EX1 to capture 3 frames, this was good enough to capture most. The fast section where the drummer is playing 16th notes, we had to set the camera to 1 frame to be able to capture motion in between each drum hit. It helps if you're a musician. I could of done a better job on the guitar, but it was all for fun.

December 31st, 2008, 09:28 AM	#6
Steven Thomas Trustee Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 1,896	Thanks Michael. It probably took us less than 24HRs including throwing it on the timeline. Since it was all for fun, I did not get fancy with levels in post. I used Vegas 8c and rendered to 1920x1080 wmv file at "I believe" 20MB/s datarate.