inspired me to pursue storytelling in the first place. It feels like
we have lost a little of the ingenuity and naivety that informed so
much of the previous generation. I marvel at the potential a DSLR
offers for stop-motion or animation in general. I shot animated pieces
on super8 and would have keeled over at the immediacy of the digital
offerings.
-gl
On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 11:48 AM, David Dodson
<davidadodson@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Yeah, on the Tauntauns and the AT-ATs.
>
> D
> David Dodson
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>
> ________________________________
> From: Terence Curren <tcurren@aol.com>
> To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Mon, November 30, 2009 10:42:07 AM
> Subject: [Avid-L2] Re: The Fantastic Mr Fox
>
>
> "Go Motion" is a different technique and was in use prior to that film. I believe Empire Strikes Back was the first use of it.
>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups .com, Dennis Degan <DennyD1@... > wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Nov 29, 2009, at 3:46 PM, johnrobmoore wrote about the use of SLR
>> cameras for the roller coaster scenes in "Temple of Doom":
>>
>> > Was that shot stop motion? I googled but didn't find out anything of
>> value.
>>
>> I reply:
>>
>> I saw some kind of documentary on it when it came out. It's not "stop
>> motion", but actually might have been called "GO motion". The SLR was
>> mounted on the miniature track and moved forward along it WHILE each
>> photo was taken. This creates the motion effect, a slight blur, as the
>> scene progressed. The idea for this method was first used on the
>> "speeder bike" chase scene in "Star Wars: Return of the Jedi", except
>> in that one, a steadicam was used with a regular 35mm film camera,
>> undercranked at 6fps with a very long shutter. The Steadicam operator
>> ran through the California Redwood Forest while shooting the scene.
>> That became the background plate for the speeder scene. The reason the
>> SLR camera was used in "Temple Of Doom" was because of the small scale
>> of the miniature mine train track.
>> The documentary might be found as an extra feature on the DVD of the
>> "TOD".
>>
>> Dennis Degan, Video Editor-Consultant- Knowledge Bank
>> NBC Today Show, New York
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