completed short story stop motion animation

After all the sketches, paper, tape and reworking I've completed the story YEY!!! Of course, lining up the audio with my paper cut outs and getting to the final frame was no easy task but I'm definitely happy (and exhausted).

It came out the way I had it pictured in my head for the most part :D

camera stand alternative  

Capturing photos in a sequence has become the most irritating thing about this stop motion project. I've had to come up with create ways to capture my images because of the angle I decided on. And after replaying some of the videos I've posted so far I realize that they look super shaky because every time my hand slipped or I reached over to grab another word cut out it changed the image. *Grrrrr*.

Okay, so that is rather annoying but I'm not one to be defeated by a little thing like not having a camera stand so today I've used large amounts of scotch tape to attach my camera to the edge of a table. And when I say large amounts I mean massive because although it worked initially halfway through the whole process the tape dislodged and I had to start all over again.

*If you are going to use the tape method - don't skimp on the tape

Here's what I have so far in hyper speed

audio and audacity

In order to tweak the audio I started looking around for a free audio editor and came across Audacity. It's a pretty "straightforward" (you still need to fiddle around with it in order to achieve the effects you really want) audio editor that allows you to record, import audio and create effects. I ended up using the noise removal option ( I was getting some rather odd background noise - think it was from the fan on my computer o_O) along with the echo and Gverb (Reverb) effects.

I'm not sure which one sounds better; the one with just the Gverb (Reverb) or the Gverb (Reverb) and echo *shrug*. What do you think? :P

 

lyric cut outs

Today was all about getting the rest of the lyric cut outs done and I'm happy to say that I've got all of that out of the way *fingers crossed*. Now I've just got to put it all together, work on the final sequence and get the audio ready :).