Final Animation Production....

Step 1

When I started this production 4 days ago, I think I may have underestimated the time it was going to take. Hopefully it will be worth it. I started by taping the entire of my room with the pattern that I wanted the animation to grow into. This started at the television and ended at the door. When I came to start animating I would simply take a bit of tape of each of the 3 strands each frame. 

 

Step 2

I then started the long process of animating the pattern by taking small amounts of each strand off and capturing the image. For capturing the image I set up a camera on a tripod which was then linked up to "Istopmotion". By having the camera on a tripod this allowed me to keep the camera steady when I wanted it to be and also allowed me to move the camera by small amounts when I needed to.

Step 3

Once I reached robot character involved in my animation I started to animate him by moving the arms and legs of his body by small amounts. I think this came out really well. I then dissembled the figure so when I reversed the animation it would look like the figure was growing.

Step 4

I then continued to remove the tape until it reached the door.

Step 5

I had now finished the room part of my animation and I then had to start the corridor part. This part was a bit different because The pattern was made to go along the floor and around the walls. The capturing of the section was a bit more difficult as there were some quite tight camera angles when moving the camera around the walls. I decided to change the position of the camera half way through as I thought this would get the best positioning of the animation.

Once the tape had ended at the plug, it wasn't over yet, I then did the animation of my hand coming in to turn the plug on but in this case turning the plug off as it would be reversed. This was a lot harder than I thought it would be, but this was probably because I had already done about 7 hours of animation that day.

Step 5

Finally I went back to the television and taped my name onto it. I did this in a way that all the letters were joined so I could then animate it to look like the strands of tape and give the effect it is growing over the television.

Now its time to put it all together and put it in after effects......