Green Screen

Green Screen
scene by scene notes

Scene 1
With this scene the group established that it would be more efficient to animate the fish's movement through space on after effects. Having the fish out of frame for most of this scene meant it couldn't be used but by keeping it's entire body in shot in the future means the bulk of movement can be done digitally. Some frames were also too jolted and could have used more in between frames. Holding frames for some worked to an extent.

Scene 2
The above shot of the fish helped me establish more how the fish would move and how elements of it's structure would relate to others. For example, the top fin always stays opposite sides to the tail. By essentially making rules for the way it moved made it easier to animate.

Scene 3
The behind shot of the fish followed these rules but is not as smooth as the initial shot. A challenge of stop motion (especially where the puppet has 2 rigs) was that the puppet would often not stay static when untouched, making animating difficult. Having to move the rig at times made it complicated to move without distorting the overall animation. To avoid this in the future I should make puppets lighter and smaller.

Scene 4
Side view of the fish swimming. Smoother than the last scene. I thought the arcs the fish made in this scene were effective.

Scene 5
As a close up shot of the puppet's face, I wanted to capture some expression on its face by moving the eyes and mouth. This gave there fish a startled expression which works well with the storyboard.

Scene 6
Underneath swimming shot. By following the rules of i's movement this was simple to animate. I optimised the lighting for this scene to catch on the silver of its scales.

Scene 7
This scene involved multiple rig changes which made the animation jolted at times. However the movement pairs up with the background relatively well