Today I started animating my movie opening. I started from the beginning so that I could achieve the subtle dither of the light and in order to make sure that it is consistant. It is important that when viewed, the objects that have already appeared stay in the same section of the frame and look as though they have been left. I decided it would be too complicated to keep recreating the image so I made sure that the individual sections of set, at least, were done in order.
The biggest problem I had today was setting up the camera for different shots. As the room was limited in space there was little room to set up a wide shot as I visualised for the beginning. There was also a blind right beside the space I was filming in, which I didn't want to be seen. I got this in the shot but decided that I could get round this during the editing process later. This seemed a simpler idea then re-adjusting the camera (which was already placed right in the corner of the room.) After animating the first sections of newspaper, half way accross the wall, I moved the camera closer in to focus more on a few sections of animation; before continuing on a long shot. I wanted the animation to start off quite slowly so I decided that a change of shot would make it more visually interesting, although this method might not work on the shorter clips.
I filmed the turning record player from a few angles but close-up so that it was recognisable but a little obscure. I had to place the camera on a few books to keep it the right distance from the ground.
I then went on to animating the blanket accross the stall, the russian dolls, parasol, the stones, teaset, and records. I had to use newspaper (picture 1) and stones (picture 2) to keep the dolls in the right position so that they would move smoothly.
28/01/12 - Animation Day 2
After importing the files I found that I didn't like the russian dolls. The colour was way too bright and made the image very dull and unexpressive. I decided to re-do the dolls today - and the practise from last time had really helped. I descovered that by using the remote the camera was better designed for animating and the colour wasn't effected. I changed the movement as the orginal clip also looked very cluttered. I decided to leave the second russian doll out already as it only seemed to get in the way and removing it convincingly from the orginal was difficult and not very successful.
I then went on to the tape measure and mannequin. I liked the idea of the mannequin measuring the distance before attempting to climb the height of the stall. Aside from dealing with the camera, the measuring tape turned out to be the most difficult bit. I experimented with moving the camera as well as the objects, as I wanted it to pan the surface and follow the tape.
After this, I prepared and animated the objects so that they slithered over to the shelves. I chose random objects in a variety of sizes and did a close up of a few so that I could vary it slightly.
04/02/12 - Filming
Today I filmed the final few sections of my film with the two leads dancing. It was difficult presenting the camera from more of a distance, which was more important for this section than the animation. I wanted to get in a full-length shot but this wasn't successful as I couldn't get the camera far enough back without revealing too much outside of the set. Fortunately, the part that I really visualised was a close-up of the feet stepping in and fortunately I was able to achieve this (although it took many shots to get the movement right). I took far more shots then I intended to use because I needed to make sure that I had all of the clips needed with the actors. I also wanted to be able to try a few ideas out when I come to editing as I only intend for this to be a very short introduction of the characters. The main focus of the opening is the dream world and the idea that they have high expectations that they cannot live up to.
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