Video: Why You Shouldn't Take Magic Mushrooms
Today I made a claymation that shows the effects of magic mushrooms (although it is a little exaggerated). It took about an hour to make.
What I enjoyed about making the animation was the small challenges I faced (e.g. holding things up in midair without my hand). I had to think of ways to overcome these (for that example I used a screw). I'm pleased with the result.
Here are a few tips if you want to create your own claymation videos:
- Plan the video before you animate! Otherwise you'll end up making a random video that will confuse people. Just make sure you have a plan and stick to it as much as you can (create a short story maybe).
- Make the video as smooth as possible. This means you have to take a lot more frames. When you want to move an object in your animation, move it slightly (about 1cm), take a picture, move it slightly again, take a picture, repeat. Your video will be a lot better if you do this.
- Use a program that has features like ghosting (when you can see the previous frame and the current frame merged together). This will make it much easier to create smooth animation.
Hope you enjoy the video!
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DanielleNicole15
Commented 47 months ago - 28th June 2012 - 13:47pm
Great claymation!!
Birdyxx
Commented 47 months ago - 30th June 2012 - 10:21am
That's really good, I like the motion where he eats the mushroom.
R4ND0MP3RS0N2000
Commented 47 months ago - 2nd July 2012 - 18:33pm
That is so cool!