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 Camera Tips
 
Our camera is placed on a platform made of scraps of wood, tongue depressors, and duct tape. We do this to hold the camera still and flat above the clay figure. The background is taped to the table to keep it from moving. Three spotlights illuminate the character. This is because the flash of our camera is too bright. A different camera might not need the spots.
 It works best to have ONE camera person and let the other members of the group act as animators and stage hands. The person touching the camera should not touch the clay. Everyone needs to stand back so the table will not wiggle and shadows will not ruin the shot.
 
If the figure is tall, it is placed it under the camera sideways. If the figure is not tall it is placed under the camera right-side-up. The idea is to fill the rectangle format of the view screen with the clay figure. The zoom lens (T for tight and W for wide) is used to compose the image.
The animators should be careful to move only the parts of the figure that should move. It helps to hold the figure down with one hand and move the parts that need to move with the other.
In 2001/2002 the Art Room got a new digital camera. We loved the Sony Mavica, but the model we were using had such a bright flash that it had to be turned off, and I was never quite happy with the colors we were getting using the spot lights.
An Olympus D-370 fit our budget and we are quite happy with it. However, the zoom feature was digital, not optical, which does not produce as nice of results. I looked around the Art Room, and noticed some plastic boxes that I had been using to hold books. Since they were a sort of basket weave, the slats used as our platform could be easily raised or lowered. One box is taped tightly to the table, and the other is not. We do have to be extra careful when taking our images so we don’t bump or lean on the set-up, which would cause our animations to jiggle. However, since our table is low enough for the students to reach it has worked out very well!
An Olympus D-370 fit our budget and we are quite happy with it. However, the zoom feature was digital, not optical, which does not produce as nice of results.
I looked around the Art Room, and noticed some plastic boxes that I had been using to hold books. Since they were a sort of basket weave, the slats used as our platform could be easily raised or lowered. One box is taped tightly to the table, and the other is not. We do have to be extra careful when taking our images so we don’t bump or lean on the set-up, which would cause our animations to jiggle. However, since our table is low enough for the students to reach it has worked out very well!
Camera in "High"position.
Slats moved so camera will be closer to subject.
I also had to redo the boards, Styrofoam bits, tongue depressors, and duct tape to hold our camera still, since the new camera is a different shape from the Mavica. I simply started with the two long slats, set the camera on them, and then added material around the camera body to keep it still. I liked the Styrofoam, because it is soft yet sturdy.
Since we have the camera quite close to our subjects, we use the macro setting. It is depicted as a little tulip on most cameras. I like the Olympus because it has a large button for this feature, so we don’t forget!
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发表于 2004-3-5 23:23:53
Clay Tips
The modeling clay may be a bit stiff at first, so knead it with your hands to soften it. Think of the basic forms that make up the figure. Sometimes it is easier to roll balls or coils and then flatten them into the forms. Combine the forms and smooth the seams with a craft stick or modeling tool. Notice that a bead is used for the black part of the eye. Bits of Styrofoam (see the teeth below) or anything you can think of can be used.
If parts of the character will move, it may be easier to make two or more clay pieces of that part, as shown above, for a winking eye and moving mouth
In some cases it works better to plan to shoot the scene backwards.
Be careful to keep the background simple. To see why, look at the examples above.
发表于 2004-3-6 08:47:27
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