Day 2 of animating was also successful, however it was disappointing to start off with because even though we had left our set up exactly as it was so that we could pick up where we left off last time and carry on animating, someone had moved the tripod/camera accidentally, so the frames couldn't match up to be in one long sequence. Hayley and I spent over an hour really trying to get the previous scene and this one to match up, moving the set and then moving the tripod, but nothing seemed to get it back into place, which meant that we would have a jump between shots. To eliminate this, the only thing we thought of doing was switching camera position, which is not unfamiliar in interviews as they do change shots, but this did disappoint us as it was so early on into animating.
To try and avoid this for next time, Hayley taped some sticky tape to the floor to mark the exact positioning of the tripod, which actually worked because I accidentally hit off the camera during animating but we were easily able to put it back into place and you couldn't tell that it was altered. So even though we had to change plans, in the end it benefited us as it gave us the idea to mark the position of the tripod.
This is our next scene without any edits/changes or sound. The line is supposed to say 'But what they're supposed to do is' which does match up but this clip isn't synced up as there is a dark flash in the middle of the animation. This is because I took the frame as Hayley was stood in front of one of the lights so it darkened the scene. We didn't think much of this at the time, but when we put them altogether, we really noticed it, so had to go back and rename all the files after deleting those particular ones.
Something we also started to notice is that there are some sight movements in the animation where the table or floor is uneven. We have actually started to get better at noticing this, as we stand well away from the scene when we capture the image. Though this is frustrating as it is taking us longer to make the animation, it is making it look much smoother and better, which you will see in the next blog post.
And this is the scene with the flash removed, audio added but still some adjustments needed. I am not sure whether I accidentally named one of the files wrong because as you can see at the end of the video there is some 'jolting', which is not seen in the previous clip, but this gives the idea of what we have achieved so far. I am not entirely sure I like the angle switch but we didn't really have any choice and I am thinking that if we have time, Hayley and I should redo this scene at a front angle but as a close up, if we have time because I think it is too sporadic to change angles after only a few seconds. Either way I am starting to feel more experienced animating with plasticine, and I really am enjoying the whole process.
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