STOP MOTION NARRATIVE - CREATIVE MEDIA 23/06/10

Using the skills you have learnt create a stop motion film with a structured narrative. Look on youtube before starting this task.

Try Including Photoshop To Your Stop Motion

A Few Good Examples Of A Stop Motion Film

@ CREATIVE MEDIA THIS WEEK

Making A Stop Motion Film!

Weds 9th June Creative Media

This week you have a choice of two tasks.

OPTION 1

Create a short film.

1) Decide on a genre.

2) Plot your storyline and write a synopsis (look below at pre production).

3) Draw rough tumbnails (Draw each shot you need to film in a rectangle small box, you should have about 60 for a two min film).

OPTION 2

Create a stop motion film with the visual aid of photographs and photshop.

1) Select one actor or object as your subject.

2) Decide on what your object or actor will be doing. Example; walking/bouncing a ball/running/jumping/laughing/dancing.........( You need to select one action, it doesn't have to be from this list) But you are using photographs to show movement therefore to make the film flow, you will need to take about ten photos for just one of these things listed.

3) Take your photos.

4) Play with the brightness/contrast and effects on photoshop if you would like to in preperation for imovie.

MAKING A FILM!

PRE-PRODUCTION;

SYNOPSIS - Brief outline of storyline, no camera direction just narrative.

CHARACTER PROFILES - A description of each character.

RECCE - List of locations where you are filmimg and where you looked at filming. State why you selected the locations you did and why you didn't use the others you looked at. For example it wasn't safe or you needed permission or it was noisey.

THUMBNAILS - A rough draft of shots drawn out

SHOTS TO HELP YOU MAKE YOUR FILM

Use the guide below to help you create a story board for your film. All good films are planned shot by shot!!!