The Baker Apple at DVinfo.net

Paul Whittington · August 9th, 2008, 01:44 AM

Hi everyone,

This is a short 2:30min film I made about a month back with my Canon XH-A1 called 'The Baked Apple'.
http://www.undergroundfilm.com/films...ar&wid=1034921

Dennis Murphy · August 9th, 2008, 02:48 PM

I enjoyed that. It had a cool 'trippy factor'.

I would like to know how you did the bits that I assume weren't stop motion, but looked it... like when the actor was in the shot.

Nice work.

Paul Whittington · August 9th, 2008, 07:53 PM

Thanks Dennis, glad you enjoyed it.

The process of animating a person is called Pixilation (basically the same as stop-motion only you're animating people instead of objects). What you do is position the actor, capture a frame, position actor, capture a frame, position actor, and so on. The shots I did in this film are very basic pixilation but with a little creativity and an extremely vigorous actor, one can pull off some fantastic shots. Norman McLaren's film 'Neighbors' is a great example - it's one of my all-time favorite films.

Dennis Murphy · August 10th, 2008, 05:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Paul Whittington

Thanks Dennis, glad you enjoyed it.

The process of animating a person is called Pixilation (basically the same as stop-motion only you're animating people instead of objects). What you do is position the actor, capture a frame, position actor, capture a frame, position actor, and so on. The shots I did in this film are very basic pixilation but with a little creativity and an extremely vigorous actor, one can pull off some fantastic shots. Norman McLaren's film 'Neighbors' is a great example - it's one of my all-time favorite films.

So are you saying the actor froze in a position, you took a shot, got them to move slightly more, took a shot etc?

Paul Whittington · August 12th, 2008, 12:33 PM

Yes, that's right.

Mike Horrigan · August 12th, 2008, 12:41 PM

Very cool! Great ending as well. How long did this take to shoot?

Mike

Trish Kerr · August 12th, 2008, 05:01 PM

that was excellent, suspensful and somewhat disturbing.... you're ready for the horror genre

did you use a 35m adaptor or the stock lens on the A1?

trish

Paul Whittington · August 13th, 2008, 01:25 AM

Thanks guys - this film was a one day shoot and then a few weeks for the post. I just used the stock lens for this film. Glad you feel I'm ready for the horror genre Trish because I'm actually planning to write a horror film this fall/winter.

Michael Pulcinella · August 13th, 2008, 10:26 AM

Very cool! Visually stunning! But I must say the soundtrack was so annoying that I had to turn it down!

Derrick A.Jones · August 22nd, 2008, 04:22 PM

yeah the visuals in this was amazing to me.I was trippin over here just trying to figure out how you pulled some of those shots and sequenses off. great work

Paul Whittington · August 25th, 2008, 09:53 PM

Derrick: Thanks, glad you enjoyed the film and it's visuals.

Michael: Thanks too - sorry the sound annoyed you, it would help if you specified whether the annoyance was caused from a technical stand point or if it was because you simply did not care for the sounds. I forgot to compress the dynamic sound range after completion of the film so I think some of the higher pitch sounds may cause irritation when listened to loudly.

August 9th, 2008, 01:44 AM	#1
Paul Whittington Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 106	The Baker Apple Hi everyone, This is a short 2:30min film I made about a month back with my Canon XH-A1 called 'The Baked Apple'. http://www.undergroundfilm.com/films...ar&wid=1034921

August 9th, 2008, 02:48 PM	#2
Dennis Murphy Major Player Join Date: May 2006 Location: Whangarei, New Zealand Posts: 396	I enjoyed that. It had a cool 'trippy factor'. I would like to know how you did the bits that I assume weren't stop motion, but looked it... like when the actor was in the shot. Nice work. __________________ http://www.dmvideostuff.co.nz

August 12th, 2008, 12:41 PM	#6
Mike Horrigan Major Player Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Ottawa Canada Posts: 755	Very cool! Great ending as well. How long did this take to shoot? Mike __________________ My short films... The Interview & Calls From The Führerbunker

August 13th, 2008, 10:26 AM	#9
Michael Pulcinella Major Player Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ridley Park, PA, USA Posts: 269	Very cool! Visually stunning! But I must say the soundtrack was so annoying that I had to turn it down! __________________ http://mikepulcinella.com/portfolio.htm Check out my work!

August 22nd, 2008, 04:22 PM	#10
Derrick A.Jones Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: St. Petersburg,FL Posts: 94	yeah the visuals in this was amazing to me.I was trippin over here just trying to figure out how you pulled some of those shots and sequenses off. great work __________________ This is what i do for the love of Video Production.. Derrick Jones..........

August 9th, 2008, 07:53 PM	#3
Paul Whittington Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 106	Thanks Dennis, glad you enjoyed it. The process of animating a person is called Pixilation (basically the same as stop-motion only you're animating people instead of objects). What you do is position the actor, capture a frame, position actor, capture a frame, position actor, and so on. The shots I did in this film are very basic pixilation but with a little creativity and an extremely vigorous actor, one can pull off some fantastic shots. Norman McLaren's film 'Neighbors' is a great example - it's one of my all-time favorite films.

August 12th, 2008, 12:33 PM	#5
Paul Whittington Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 106	Yes, that's right.

August 12th, 2008, 05:01 PM	#7
Trish Kerr Major Player Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 294	that was excellent, suspensful and somewhat disturbing.... you're ready for the horror genre did you use a 35m adaptor or the stock lens on the A1? trish

August 13th, 2008, 01:25 AM	#8
Paul Whittington Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 106	Thanks guys - this film was a one day shoot and then a few weeks for the post. I just used the stock lens for this film. Glad you feel I'm ready for the horror genre Trish because I'm actually planning to write a horror film this fall/winter.

August 25th, 2008, 09:53 PM	#11
Paul Whittington Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 106	Derrick: Thanks, glad you enjoyed the film and it's visuals. Michael: Thanks too - sorry the sound annoyed you, it would help if you specified whether the annoyance was caused from a technical stand point or if it was because you simply did not care for the sounds. I forgot to compress the dynamic sound range after completion of the film so I think some of the higher pitch sounds may cause irritation when listened to loudly.