Composition: For my stop motion composition, I wanted to offset the box of matches and use the black board like something of a stage for the match to move across. The match gets too close to the corner at one point about halfway through the video, I would change this part of the composition if I were to shoot it again.
Concept/Aboutness/Idea: I was thinking about experimenting more than I was considering a solid concept. I did want to work with something that is known for changing it's state. I chose the matches because you could stop the motion of the flame and watch as it transformed from wood to ash.
Method: For this project, I taped down my camera, tabletop, and the box of matches so that everything would stay perfectly still unless I moved it myself. I then made minuscule changes to the scene and shot each frame so that the match moved out of the box, across the table, spun in a circle, and burned down. I put all of my images together in Photoshop, but could not replicate it a second time for whatever reason.
Motivations: My main motivation was just to experiment with the concept of stop motion and make a video that was not overly jumpy.
Evaluation: I think this video turned out how I expected to, I would like to try it with a series of matches or with ice or something else that changes it's state. I could improve on some minor parts where the motion of the match could be more smooth.
Extension: I wonder if I could try this in combination with projections? If I changed what was being projected over the frame each time, or had the same image for a few frames at a top, it could potentially be interesting?
Extension: I wonder if I could try this in combination with projections? If I changed what was being projected over the frame each time, or had the same image for a few frames at a top, it could potentially be interesting?
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