- Title
- Miniature Atmospheres: Capturing a Stop Motion City
- Creator
- McGrath, Jack
- Relation
- CONFIA, 10th International Conference on Animation and Illustration. Proceedings of CONFIA, 10th International Conference on Animation and Illustration (Caldas Da Rainha 06-07 July, 2023) p. 115-125
- Relation
- https://confia.ipca.pt/2023/
- Publisher
- Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2023
- Description
- This paper investigates the unique relationship between perspective, time, motion, haze, light and the camera when shooting miniatures for stop motion and visual effects (VFX). Through the documentation of a creative practice research project, the author provides insights into the many challenges, considerations and discoveries when shooting a miniature city scape using motion control, miniature lighting, perspective, haze and long exposure photography. The paper examines each one of these factors as they relate to the project and the field of practice. Informed by research and analysis of several historical examples where miniatures have been used for well-known scenes from films such as The Lord of the Rings (2001)(1), Bladerunner (1982)(2) and Alien (1979)(3). Through a combination of traditional research and practice-based experiments, the paper shares many insights into the motion control photography of cinematic miniatures. The project examines and reflects on capturing a miniature cityscape scene for the author’s stop motion film, currently in production, titled Beyond Earth. The relationship between scale, light and time offer unique insights for other researchers and practioners when working with miniatures.
- Subject
- miniature; stop motion; animation; scale; haze; motion control
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1497867
- Identifier
- uon:54473
- Identifier
- ISBN:9789895493999
- Language
- eng
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