Stop Motion: Canon 5D & FCP at DVinfo.net
DV Info Net

Go Back   DV Info Net > And Now, For Something Completely Different... > Show Your Work

Show Your Work
Let's see what you're doing!

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old May 8th, 2009, 06:07 AM   #1
New Boot
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Posts: 19
Stop Motion: Canon 5D & FCP

We're novices at stop motion, but recently shot a stop motion music video on a Canon 5D MK 1 and edited in Quicktime/FCP. It turned out pretty well - if anyone's interested I'd be happy to discuss techniques. Filmed in the beautiful city of Cape Town, South Africa....

YouTube - Ian Henderson 'This Angel Town'

cheers
Ian
Ian Henderson is offline   Reply With Quote
Old May 8th, 2009, 08:03 AM   #2
Major Player
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Louisville, KY
Posts: 691
That was awesome Ian! Very well put together. I've never done stop motion but i'd love to take a shot at it. Can it be done with a D40? or does the 5D have a certain feature that allows you to do stop motion accurately?
Terry Lee is offline   Reply With Quote
Old May 8th, 2009, 09:44 AM   #3
New Boot
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Posts: 19
Thanks... I think pretty much any SLR digicam could be used to do this kind of work. The feel of the piece comes from the movement in the camera, and some variances and over-exposed shots add to the effect - not all of it was in post.

We shot something like 9500 frames, so your camera better be pretty robust. At one point the mirror inside the shutter on the 5D came loose (it's a problem with the first gen 5D, the result of poor quality adhesive) - those funny blurred, half blacked out images around 1.53 were the result and they fitted in great.

We ended up working at the lowest jpg resolution the camera can shoot at because we were shooting really fast - and it was still something like 2560 x 2000 pixels, so there was some downres-ing. Most of it was not shot on motordrive, which gives the odd spacing between the shots and makes much of the movement so surreal.
Ian Henderson is offline   Reply With Quote
Old May 9th, 2009, 01:55 PM   #4
Regular Crew
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Vancouver Island
Posts: 106
Ian, congats on that video, I thought it was well done and quite fitting for this type of video - this form of stop-motion is called Pixilation and for a newbie you did a great job! I hope you continue to do more.

Terry: You can do stop-motion with a D40 - you just need to get a remote for it (about $20). Ian's Mark I would probably do a better job (the D40 sometimes generates flicker) but it is possible. The following stop-motion film I shot entirely with a D40:
L19: Disposed on Vimeo
__________________
www.orangecorefilms.com
Short Films & Stop-motion Animation
Paul Whittington is offline   Reply With Quote
Old May 13th, 2009, 04:26 AM   #5
New Boot
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Jalandhar, India
Posts: 15
Hello Ian,

Very nice video. I've also finished my first stop motion short film involving animated human and I'm interested in exploring this further with a second movie and I would like to improve on what I already know. If you can help me out by discussing the techniques you used I'll be very thankful to you.

I'm going to post a link to my movie in a new thread.

Bye.
Sukhpal Singh is offline   Reply With Quote
Old May 13th, 2009, 07:41 AM   #6
New Boot
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Posts: 19
Sure. Well, the concept came from the title line "they're going crazy in this angel town." We wanted the whole feeling of the film to have a hyper-real, otherworldly quality, which is why we shot with a stills camera. It's also the reason for the extreme grading. The DOP is a great photographer too...

Fire away and I'll tell you what I know.
ciao
Ian Henderson is offline   Reply
Reply

DV Info Net refers all where-to-buy and where-to-rent questions exclusively to these trusted full line dealers and rental houses...

B&H Photo Video
(866) 521-7381
New York, NY USA

Scan Computers Int. Ltd.
+44 0871-472-4747
Bolton, Lancashire UK


DV Info Net also encourages you to support local businesses and buy from an authorized dealer in your neighborhood.
  You are here: DV Info Net > And Now, For Something Completely Different... > Show Your Work

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

 



All times are GMT -6. The time now is 01:54 AM.


DV Info Net -- Real Names, Real People, Real Info!
1998-2024 The Digital Video Information Network