first shot at stop motion videos

inspired by a video called corporate life for emids (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuOTM0o6ToE) , decided to take a shot at stop motion videos. didn't have to go far to find a subject. my very dear transformer bumble bee toy came in handy.help was just clicks away, ample 'literature' available on how to make quick stop motion vids.

the principle used in stop motion videos is that normal motion pictures use approx 24 frames per second. i.e if we flip 24 or more frames of photoshots in a a second it would look like a movie instead of a photograph

i took over 150 shots for my vid, finllay used some 90 odd frames for the vid. it laste for some 25 seconds. playing around 3.5 fps. taking the pics was real challenging. had to make small transformations for each successive shot, the point o be kept in mind that the bumble bee does not move too much at base else the vid wud not be coherent. the difficult bit was to make it stand on its feet. has to use the 'rope trick' to lift it up. used white thread on a white background to make it sort of invisible.

used windows movie maker to make the vid and add the bg score - new divide by aerosmith and the titles.

was a satisfying experience

my vid