After looking at stop motion videos I noticed there were two possible routes I could take with this. I could do something like ‘The PEN Story‘, which could be quite complex, expensive and time consuming. If I pulled it off however, the results would be fantastic. My main concern about this route is that I couldn’t figure out a narrative for the photos, or a suitable location to shoot the film.
This left me with the second option; making a stop motion film as normal. I have had some experience of using stop motion, see the videos below, and these films were fairly successful.
These were filmed a few years ago, and were my first practice in stop motion.
I wanted my film to be very simple, and follow a simple narrative that everyone could follow. I had used the routine of making a cup of coffee for my test piece, and people thought it was a good idea. The problem with the test piece was that it was too short, so I decided to add me waking up at the beginning. This combined with the coffee making gives a sense of morning.
The next thing to think about is a suitable soundtrack to go under the sounds. Obviously it would have to be in keeping with the mood of the film, so rock or dance music would be unsuitable. After a quick search on iTunes I found an ambient track by Mike Oldfield called ‘Part Two: Ambient Guitars’. This track was a perfect match to the style and mood of my film idea.
As I had the soundtrack sorted, I had to record my sounds and take my photos.
