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May I ask about larrygitis? All those coughs, are those each different people? Or just you and Lamplight changing cough pitches?
I think they're different people.
Since they had asked for different people to cough for them in the Audio forum.
Goody gumdrops. Robot Monster is on TV on Tuesday. I is well keen.
May I ask about larrygitis? All those coughs, are those each different people? Or just you and Lamplight changing cough pitches?
They're different people. I believe it was Lamplight, jstudios, peanut, daniel and some others. (I'm not sure actually.)
-JK
I finally got off my butt and did a substantial amount of animating today for my little skateboard thingy!
What do you mean I'm doing this avatar trend wrong?
I like it Jargon, it looks fresh and new, but I can tell it's you by just a glance.
Today is 15 years to the day of my birth
Happy Birthday lil'JJ
And I always thought you were an adult, because it says "in a cubicle" under your name.
And also, I am making a mime animation, as you guys know from my previous posts, and I have a few... ideas, and I need to choose from one of them, and I need some BiMer's opinions. I don't want to create my own topic for it, soooo... any idea where I should ask my questions? Here?
Yeah, here or in the chat. Shoot. Anyway I've got a new sig.
Okay. So after some research (on youtube) a lot of mimes actually go to like clubs and other night-time entertainment bars or something and perform on like a stage in the back or front or something. I built a set that is like that, with tables, candles, people, ect. (and wine). I built a largish stage with curtains, and the mime will perform something there. Now for my questions:
In your opinions, should I film from many angles, as if they were each filmed from say different peoples cameras and phones, and change the quality for each view, like some would be slightly yellowish light and pixelated (camera-phones), others out of focus (camera) and some HD (camcorders) all as if it was shot from the audience at the tables, or should I make just constant HD in focus, cinematographic (is that a word?) shots. I could also just film on angle from the back of the audience as if there was a pro camera man stationed there, filming the event?
My other question is should I put more than one "acts" in the film? I have two acts in mind (trapped in a box and an act that has to do with a stone on the ground), should I merge them into one video (it will take longer this way) or should I make two seperate videos, each with only one act. That way, it'll be quicker to animate one act a time, and it'll come out sooner, but one act may be too short.
My last question is, should I put sound effects in the background, like turning a door knob sound when his hand is turning thin-air? Or should it be silent, except for maybe music? Will it be too hard to understand what's going on without the sounds?
I plan on making this 16fps, so really well animated. I hate all the mime animations that are on YouTube right now, and none are even classic miming, they are all killing or what-not.
What do you BiMers think?
It would be interesting to use that thing of different image quality, but I think that in this case it would be better to just use normal movie shots. You can put the camera behind the miem right before he starts the show, then change the point of view from person to person. I don't know if you get what I mean, I could explain better with photos.
About the sound: use sounds of peoples talking, like what you would normally hear in a bar. Maybe put a pianist there that plays something while the mime is acting.
And yes, I'd say that more than one acts would be the best.
Last edited by MPfist0 (October 3, 2010 (07:40am))
I get what you mean by the different points of view, but I built this on a baseplate, and I use a huge camcorder, so I don't know how I could put it below a figs head... and that view in the beginning (behind the mime) is a good idea, but I havent built a wall, and I'm running out of pieces, so I may not be able to do that. Any other ideas... anyone?
EDIT: oh and another reason I cant' do that behind view is because I'll have to take the stage apart, and thats a 
Last edited by DerTarchin (October 3, 2010 (07:47am))
I hope to never get a job where I have to sit in a lifeless gray cube of labor
Well, for the behind view: you can put the camera near the mime, and put focus on him, so everything that's in front of him is out of focus, not defined. You should make us think that there is a wall, and not necessary build it, because we wouldn't see it anyway. I did this in the movie I should be working on, cause I ran out of pieces too, and I must say the shot came out pretty good. For the point of view, you could do this: you could elevate everything except the baseplate. Tell me if there's something you don't understand: english is not my first language, so I have lot of problems on translate what I want to say.
Your English is perfectly fine, I thought you were from an English-speaking country, too, until you told me. I still can't do the behind view because of the stage (curtains, etc, they're actual cloth). As for raising everything... I can't do that either (because of the stage). This set is big. But what I might do is put the set right to the edge of the table, put the camera below eye-level of the minifigs, then focus on the mime, so that the audience is in front of the cam, but out of focus.
EDIT: I'll take a pic of the set, so you guys know. Any other opinions?
I recently got Gimp and did a masking test. It looks okay-ish. Any tips on how to get the lighting for the background and foreground images exactly the same? The bottom image always looks lighter.
@DerTarchin:Can I see a picture of the set? It would help me giving you suggestions and solutions. I'd really like to see that "behind mime" shot.
Anyway, another important thing would be lighting: guessing it's in a local, the best example I can find is namchild's lighting of the restaurant part on "Odd Jobs", wich means yellow lights.
My internet is a bit slow, but I'm uploading the pics now.
Lighting still needs a bit of work. I have a yellow-light flashlight (actually I have 2) but when I try making a "spotlight" on the mime, he is too bright. I try putting the exposure down on the cam, then the background and audience become too dark. Any ideas?
The pics will be posted soon...
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