Potential Problems

As this is all completely new to me so problems will mainly arise in using the different programs needed to complete all editing and altering. I am at the moment to up to date with all my work so I am hoping to have everything including editing and evaluation completed before the Christmas break. I will be using a pre made set so will hopefully not encounter many problems relating to set design and creation. The main problem that I am worried about is if I find using new technology which may infringe on how well my stop motion animation is. If this happens I will have to ask for help as I will not let it effect the quality of my production.

Decision on frame rate

Animated films made professionally are normally 24 shots per second. At this amount of shots the film are of a much better quality. I have decided initially to do 12 shots per second to start with but if I am finding that manageable I will restart and do it at 24 shot per second. I will have to evaluate it as I go but I will decide in the first 2 seconds whether I will continue with 12 shots per second or 24 shots per second.

This was another example of a video that influenced my idea.

This is one of the you tube clip of where my inspiration came from.

Idea

My idea has developed from watching a variety of you tube clips where people have created stories with Lego. Also I have friends with a collection of Lego sets and pieces so I have access to them. I also can take Lego home and practice my set-up quite simply without the worry of Plasticine models breaking etc.

Developing my first idea

As I have never created a stop motion animation I think that using a product like Lego will make the task much easier and meaning that I can work more on capturing a stop motion animation than creating an elaborate story line.