[Kell Smith]

Haha thanks. Yeah it’s a real dilemma. I do feel that having a 90d would really up my photography skills, but if it’s cost-prohibitive to set up all over again to do weddings I may have to find another justification to buy this camera.

I was thinking maybe the 90d and then an inexpensive 4k recorder as a backup cam. But I’m still in the process also of setting up to do drone photography and guessing that people might want that too. So that’s more money.

I do have a gopro gathering dust after I found out it wasn’t really adequate for 360 tours though.

Those A7slll’s look like a beast though. I want one so badly.

It’s sad to see such a great forum be so quiet. Haven’t checked the other CC forums so maybe it’s just the events one, don’t know. Is there another site people have moved to?

[Kell Smith]

Ok I’m back in the thread. Busy week.
Thank you so much everyone for your suggestions and insight. Much appreciated.
I am going to start playing around a bit. Will be pretty rudimentary but I just want to work out the kinks.

For a little Inspiration:

The Breakbot video contained over 2000 watercolor paintings https://motionographer.com/2010/06/21/baby-im-yours-qa/

Making of Mindscape (too much to summarize here but trust me it will blow your mind): https://blog.nfb.ca/blog/2018/07/25/animation-techniques-pinscreen/

Here’s another one I thought I mentioned – an amazing piece of work- Mary and Max:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVdivjF-9nw

Making Of Mary and Max, interview with Adam Elliot. I remember seeing an amazing fact sheet somewhere that listed some of what went into making this – but don’t see it now. Crazy amount of detail went into it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUVzPaBANkw&t=623s

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[Kell Smith]

Looks like a little of everything. I love that commercial; it’s just magical. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2411eibUmY

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[Kell Smith]

Steve, that sounds really interesting. I don’t know AE at all- well maybe a tiny bit, but not enough to say I know it.
As to what I’d be doing, sometimes straight stop-motion, sometimes compositing. I plan to play around with different things and see which direction that leads.
Not knowing AE, let me ask a question: what are its limitations? For each of the techniques mentioned earlier (stop-motion done with miniature sets, compositing with animation done with mixed materials, or paper or watercolor animation), sounds like AE is the way to go?

Is there anything else I should give a look? It would be beneficial to use this as a way to become proficient in AE since it’s a missing piece in my skill set.

[Kell Smith]

Ok these aren’t exactly what I’d be doing but they’re so cool I’ll just post them anyway, just cuz I love them…

Norfolk Southern commercial “City of Possibilities” Well above my skill level but I’ve just always loved it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zbXarZtgJo

“Mindscape” Pinscreen animation -Well above my patience level, for sure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydiaPnag0YE

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[Kell Smith]

The timelapse comment was mostly a side comment, although I have been considering how interesting it could be to combine it with some sort of stop motion.

Really there’s not one specific technique in mind. The ones that sound really interesting are:
1) stop motion with clay or objects, along with the whole art of designing sets and backgrounds
2) some of the fun pieces you see done with food stop-motion
3) watercolor animation, even though my artistic talent for drawing leaves something to be desired – I would consider it maybe, medium level.

Is After Effects the best bet? Are there other programs that are better? If any of you have a setup you’d like to share, I’d be curious what you use and what your workflow is.

Just for fun, some of my favorites (maybe more when there’s time to look for them):

Star Trek https://vimeo.com/12764233

Breakbot “Baby I’m Yours” watercolor animation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieVHDIAngDs

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[Kell Smith]

Thank you everyone =)

[Kell Smith]

Since it looks like an anthill surrounded by mosquitoes, I’m thinking a can of Raid is called for.

[Kell Smith]

Interesting. So just to clarify, scale each clip up to 102 in motion effects? Curious, how would that affect the noise? Willing to give that a shot, but wouldn’t it increase it?

[Kell Smith]

Wouldn’t be applicable to this project – it’s to size for DVD – but I’m curious as to what you would do and how it would affect the footage.