Stop-Frame Battle

[TheOrangeOne]

After seeing the wonderfull animations created by Majeye (http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=25016 )

I've decided that i want to have a stop frame battle! I've never done this before, but it sounds fun :beam:

anyone interested in this? Go on, you know you want to!

[Voetsjoeba]

I would LOVE to join, but I ain't got enough time. Starting exams next week. Can't you guys wait with this till 23 June :P :beam:

[Kitiara]

I wouldn't mind giving this a go, now I've got my lovely digital camera. :beam:

[asphaltcowboy]

kit: pfft! Us real artists steal them off our friends ;)

Yes, I'd like to join. As with Voetsjoeba, I've got an exam on the 26th June, so if you can wait a bit, that'd be great. If not, I can still see what I can come up with

w00t! my first battle! (possibly) :)

[Kitiara]

We can give it a long deadline, give people time. :) Though we'd need a different mod to make it all offical anyway and give a theme. :)

[asphaltcowboy]

I suppose you got your canine friend to buy your camera as well? ;)

[s-fx]

Count me in!

[Kitiara]

Originally posted by asphaltcowboy
I suppose you got your canine friend to buy your camera as well? ;) Nope, this was my own hard earned cash. :)

[asphaltcowboy]

yeah... handed out by your little canine friend for trolling these forums ;)

[Kitiara]

I love my job. :beam:

[asphaltcowboy]

*shakes fist (i knew it! I just knew it!)

;)

[Kitiara]

It's not my fault they pay me lots for doing this. :P

[asphaltcowboy]

be quiet! stop talking! :P

[<--JAX-->]

Can i join?
i used to do stop-frame gifs with lego people when i was younger:bounce:

[Kitiara]

Anyone can join. :)

[TheOrangeOne]

woo! my first real battle! i say we keep photo editing to a minimum, in order to keep this as true to original stopframe as possible.

(ASPHALTCOWBOY: you using your friends camera? whats wrong with the 'special' one im sending you? ;) )

[asphaltcowboy]

hehehe... it was the compatibility issue you were talking about.
it got me worried

;)

[Kitiara]

We still need some suggestions for themes... :)

[asphaltcowboy]

why not just have... an action scene or something... (an emotional dialogue scene would be hard to do after all ;)) ooh, or maybe we could recreate an action scene from our favourite films? we get to pick the film we want.. then set down some more rules like timelimit, file size, resolution etc?

[Kitiara]

Famous movie scenes sounds good to me... :beam:

[TheOrangeOne]

sounds good to me also!

[asphaltcowboy]

of course it does! it's a brilliant idea! ;)

[Kitiara]

We're agreed then? :)

[asphaltcowboy]

aye, well, obviously depends on who else wants to plap!

[TheOrangeOne]

im agreed! sounds v.good. shall we wait to see if others want to join? Or shall we give it a long deadline because of peoples exams i suppose.

[Kitiara]

Well, if we leave it a little while, see if anyone else is interested, then I'll post the official thread (if no-one minds, since the topic has most likely been agreed by everyone beforehand). :)

[asphaltcowboy]

sounds good... the longer the deadline the better :)

[TheOrangeOne]

yeah, we need more time to be creative (so many ideas - such little time...........), plus a lot of us have jobs/college/uni.
how long we giving this one? are talking about one-two weeks or a month/s?

[asphaltcowboy]

well... depends when it starts... if it's gonna start very soon... then month(s). if it's not gonna start for a good while, then I'd say 2/3 weeks.

[redViper]

count
me
in
booya

[fester8542]

I think I would like to give this a go too...

[mjULTRA]

Hmm. For some reason, i think i might be able to compete in this battle... BTW: I like the famous movie scene theme..

[Kitiara]

Good good. :)

[asphaltcowboy]

Originally posted by Majeye
Hmm. For some reason, i think i might be able to compete in this battle... BTW: I like the famous movie scene theme.. /me takes a graceful bow ;)
(should be really fun/funny)

:beam:

[Maxtr0sity]

great idea guys...i'm sooo in...even though i got exams...screw them...they can all goto hell...i'm starting my creation...;)

[nobody]

me play

[Maxtr0sity]

definitely...i got my movie...all i need is a scene...

[Maxtr0sity]

question, are we allowed to edit out minor stuff?...like fish lines...?...or add minor details...bullets?

[nobody]

that would be awesome
also speech bubbles and stuff

please?

[Maxtr0sity]

lol....i dunno about speech bubbles and sound...i think we oughta leave that part out...we just need a plain and simple movie...a self explanitory one...

[nobody]

I WANT SPEECH BUBBLES!!!

[Maxtr0sity]

nooooo...:)....fine...it'll be an option then...i have my ideas set and ready to go already..

[nobody]

yay!

[Maxtr0sity]

lol...so when is it official?

[Clown Staples]

im in... we are going to get plenty of time right?

[Maxtr0sity]

I hope so. clown, i love your sig, i just spent 30min playing it. ;)

[mjULTRA]

i think that we ought to be pretty lenient for this contest, but have one major requirement: You must use a frame by frame animation technique. Whether you make a large animated gif, or a comlpex flash animation, it needs to be frame by frame animation.

Flash would be perfect for adding extras to your shots like speech bubbles, or special effects... I also think that photoshopping your frames should be allowed and encouraged, but you must alter each frame individually, as oppossed to cutting out an object, and then animating it accross a background with Flash motion tweens, which would make it a traditional animation. Pheww...

what do you guys and girls think?

[TheOrangeOne]

sound like a good plan my friend! So, when does this become official, do we bring a mod in or somthing?

(I love the new change to your sig Majeye!)

[Illuminae]

count me in :beam:

[Kitiara]

If everyone has already agreed on the theme, which I believe we have, I will make the thread official...

[Black_Lightning]

i'm in too :). really like the idea

[Maxtr0sity]

Yea, to verify, we should also submit the fla or psd or what ever source file in the end to verify the frame by frame details.

[<--JAX-->]

wow theres quite a lot of people entering this battle
a movie scene sounds like a really good idea
oooooh i cant decide wat to do
im thinking of using lego (got absoulutely gallons of the stuff)
but i bet everyone else is also thinking of using lego as well

:block:

[fester8542]

I think I am going to use my bird and an inanimate object....I got a smooth idea

[TheOrangeOne]

im gonna stick with good 'ol playdoh. Another thing asbout this battle, i dont think there should be a filesize limit, maybe a time limit instead. I think all the animations are going to be pretty memory heavy so a time limit seems the more sensible option. What you guys think?

[asphaltcowboy]

dont know about a timelimit.. depends on what scenes people choose. perhaps have a timelimit as opposed to a filesize? or perhaps the other way round? I don't know, but I do think, however, that Flash should be essential... they HAVE to have preloaders! (I'd rather not have to watch a jerky gif animation play through once before having to watch it again)

imho ;)

[asphaltcowboy]

Originally posted by Maxtr0sity
Yea, to verify, we should also submit the fla or psd or what ever source file in the end to verify the frame by frame details. not sure that'll work... the source files could be absolutely massive :-\

[Kitiara]

I've posted the official thread up now. :)

[asphaltcowboy]

Originally posted by Maxtr0sity
question, are we allowed to edit out minor stuff?...like fish lines...?...or add minor details...bullets? I think it's ok to remove stuff (like fishing wire etc), but personally, I'd say it's pushing the boundaries of "stop-frame" by adding stuff through photoshop - other people's opinions? it's gonna be taking it too much out of context if people start adding bullets and whatnot

[mjULTRA]

i think it would be great, to allow people to add special effects or whatnot.. I mean, whats a lightsaber battle without the red or green glow?

[asphaltcowboy]

hmm... dunno though. depends if the original character photo contained the lightsaber... and some lighting effects were simply placed over the top.. that differs a lot to just having the character and editing-in the entire lightsaber... dunno... personally, I think it'll be more funny/enteraining to see what people can do with household items

;)

[Maxtr0sity]

Great, good luck to everyone then.

[asphaltcowboy]

time everyone moved over here - it's getting confusing :beam:

http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=25195