Evaluation

      For our 3D Animation project we had to create a 90 second stop motion animation. For this, I worked with my good friend, Amy :)

      We created a music video for the song Queen of Hearts by We The Kings, a pop/rock Alternative band from America. They aren't a very well-known band but still have great music. They also don't have a music video for the song, so we had nothing to go on. However, both Amy and I knew exactly what we wanted to do.

      For our animation we created a really cute, stereotypically romantic video to work side by side with the song, the genre of the music and especially the lyrics. Amy and I analysed the lyrics in order to determine what to animate and when to film it. 

      When we came to filming we used a webcam, a daisy chain of cables and dragon frame on an apple mac laptop. We suspended the webcam from the ceiling of our TV studio, laid down a black curtain on the floor to cover the area perfectly and began to film. Our two friends, Amy and Ed were our actors and did a great job, despite having to lay on a hard concrete floor for hours on end. 

      Weeks before we filmed, Amy and I drew and cut out hearts, crowns, rain drops and lightening bolts to paint and use in our animation. We wanted to create a cartoon effect with the huge cut outs we had created. It's a really cute animation, quite cheesy, but fitting perfectly with the lyrics and the audience that would watch and listen to the song.

      On filming, we wanted to use a Sony A1 but due to a lack of cables we weren't able to do this. Luckily, the webcam worked really well, but we had to settle for a worse quality of footage. But it works and it still looks good. We also couldn't use the green screen or white card on the floor, so Amy and I had to remove one of the curtains from the TV studio to lay on the floor. 

      Overall, we created a really strong piece of work that I am really happy about. 

FINAL ANIMATION!

Well here it is guys! What you've all been waiting for!

Amy and I have created a 90 second music video using stop motion animation for the song Queen of Hearts by We The Kings! :D

Yay!

Queen of Heart Music Video

FILMING 19/03/15

DAY 2

EQUIPMENT:
same as last week

PROPS:
same as last week

We had left the webcam up from last week so al we had to set up today was the curtain, the props and the mac.

We soon started filming again and by 12:30 had finished it! We are currently in the editing process.

Overall I am really happy with the outcome. It's a great animation which wouldn't have turned out so well if it weren't for our very amazing and patient friends Amy and Ed, who also helped us source the Photography lights and to put the curtain back up!

Our cutouts

Animation on DragonFrame

FILMING 12/03/15

EQUIPMENT:

1x Webcam
1x Mac with dragon frame
1x Manfrotto clamp
Connection cables

PROPS:
Crown
Lightening bolts
Rain drops
Chain
Hearts
Houses

DAY 1:

Today we started filming.

We took down a black curtain and lay it on the floor for out actors to lie and act on.

We set up the webcam on the bars on the ceiling of the TV Studio.

We daisy chained all the wires and cables for the webcam to plug into the Mac.

We placed 3 lights from Photography around the set in order to light the area up and create no shadows.


Overall, filming today went really well! We are over 1/3 of the way into the animation and plan on filming again next week.

*UPDATE*

      Due to the New York trip and having a week off after that due to an illness spreading, our deadline has been extended until 19th March 2015. 

Story Boards

Here are the story boards created for our 3D 90 second animation!

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About the band...

      We the Kings is an American rock band from Bradenton, Florida. Their self-titled full-length debut album, released in 2007, included the platinum single "Check Yes Juliet", and went on to sell over 250,000 copies in the US.