Willow Tree wrote:Nice job, FlyingMinifig! I really enjoyed watching the pivot pan and the sci-fi lighting tests. As for the animation being choppy, I actually like the look of it; I think it has a nice unique style to it.
Keep up the good work!
Thank you!
I'm glad you like the style, though for me personally the choppiness is rather aggravating. For some reason, the zooms especially ended looking pretty bad in the upload; now they look like a bunch of still pictures stitched together, instead of a continuous movement, if that makes sense.
Squid wrote:Your blur swoosh is too slow for how big the blur is. Blur pans need to be really fast.
Mmm, yes, good point now that you've mentioned it. Most of the camera movements were actually inspired by your Guide to Camera movement and the discussion on camera rigs here on BiM (I built a whole bunch of new rigs for the various movements, plus a new, better, cradle to hold my camera using TECHNIC bricks). Definitely good to know; most of these tests were first time things and really experimental for me.
Generally good montage, though. But you need to ease a bit more and remember transitional frames. Like when that guy got hit with the club, his hat went all the way down in one frame. There should be just one frame where the hat is halfway down.
Thanks! This is actually the first time since my last film that I've had a proper chance to animate anything. When I made Monochrome, many people commented that I made the movements too slowly , so my amount of frames keep yo-yo-ing back and forth as I keep trying to find a balance.
Also, what camera are you using? There seems to be some flicker.
I use a fairly basic point-and-shoot digital camera (Canon Digital Ixus 95 IS). Light flicker has gone down quite a bit since I played around with the settings and turned off the automatic white balance. Since I shot the most flicker-ey tests first, I suspect it might mainly be me being rusty.
As it happens, I've been vaguely contemplating getting a new camera at some point in the future. I love the quality/focus of DSLRs (and I really want to try my hand at bokeh) but I imagine they're pretty awkward when it comes to camera movement. Besides, I don't know much about cameras/photography in general, although it's possible I get into photography in the future, and I've heard that DSLRs can only take several thousand pictures before they wear out so I'm not sure it'd be cost-effective for me. If you have any advice/suggestions on DSLRs I'd love to hear it.
END Films wrote:The tests were fun to watch 
There was some choppiness and some set/camera bumps but they weren't too bad. My favorite test was the 2nd gunshot one.
Thanks! Oddly, that test probably was my least favourite, since the light I shined on it during the gun flare frame made the rest of the frame dark and made a massive flicker (I guess it didn't turn out the way I'd expected).
EDIT: Yikes, that post ended up being really huge. Hope you don't mind.
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