Compare and contrast time-based solutions...
The three time-based solutions that I tried out were: stop motion, cinemagraph and GIFs.
Stop motion is a cinematographic technique whereby the camera is repeatedly stopped and started, for example to give animated figures the impression of movement. When I was doing stop motion I found it quite tedious as I had to take loads of photos just to create a movement. The movements had to precise because if you moved too much/too little it wouldn’t look smooth when you made it in to a stop motion video in iMovie. Looking back I think that I wouldn’t do this again since it took a lot of time and patience to take all the photos and to put them together. I think that this was the hardest technique as it took a lot of patience to do it and it felt really annoying because it took so long just to make 15 seconds, I don’t think that I have the patience to do this kind of thing. On the other hand, even though it takes a lot of time I think that if it’s done in detail you could achieve something with it that is really amazing. The overall process was ok but you could see that it wasn’t perfect or refined at all. The movement was jagged at certain points and sometimes there was too much/too little movement, it wasn’t equal or consistent at all also the movement wasn’t smooth. Out of all them this one took the longest. The way we made this one it was quite similar to the GIFs. Stop motion was the only one that I made in iMovie.
Cinemagraphs are still photographs in which a minor and repeated movement occurs, forming a video clip. They are published as an animated GIF or in other video formats, and can give the illusion that the viewer is watching an animation. When I was doing cinemagraphs I realised that you have to be very careful about what you choose to do because if one thing moves it doesn’t work. I think that this is at a medium level of difficulty as it doesn’t take as much time but you still have to be careful so that only one part is moving and not the whole thing. I am considering doing this but I am not 100% yet as I’m sure what I might do it on, I haven’t come up with any specific ideas. The overall process was OK but it could definitely be improved in many ways: not having the head move as well, only having one thing move, doing outside so that its more obvious and making the transition more smooth. Out of all of them cinemagraphs need the most editing in Photoshop. This was the one that we had to edit.
GIFs are a lossless format for image files that support both animated and static images. When I was doing GIFs I found the whole process quite fun and easy since I was able to draw and be creative. Although it wasn’t perfect I might experiment more with this, this is mainly because I can do it by hand and because I can make it my own. Even tough I wasn’t able to refine my GIF to the fullest in the lesson I think that if I had a bit more time I would be able to make something that would look really cool and creative. I found this one to be the easiest out of the three processes I tried. The overall outcome of my first GIF needed to be more smooth and it need colour. I’m thinking that I might continue to experiment and explore the possibilities that I could make/do with GIFs. Out of all of them this one was the most creative. The GIFs are a bit similar to the Cinemagraphs in the sense that you make them in photoshop and that you could edit them if you wanted to.











