The 'Stop-Motion on a Budget' series is now online!
In the article, Director / Creative Producer Marc Lougee breaks down the production process used to shoot Edgar Allan Poe's The Pit and the Pendulum short film, executive produced by legendary visual affects and animation guru, Ray Harryhausen and former Zoetrope Studio Pres, Fred Fuchs. Here's a bit from the installment-
'Mini Cameras: Small, like Diamonds-
There’s much talk on and offline concerning the advent of mini camera’s used in stop motion animation, specifically when used in tandem with DSLR’s. Some folks love’em, some hate’em, but either way, they keep proving themselves useful, relatively inexpensive and hard to boot.... I’m a big fan of the mini cam and keep a couple in my toolbox all the time. Light weight, reasonably durable, replaceable lenses and output to various devices (like television monitors, VCR’s, etc) make these things handy."
For the full article, head over over to
www.workbookproject.com... The full article can also been found on another one of my favourite Film Resource SItes,
www.wildsound.ca. Check out the WIldsound Monday Nite Radio show online-it's a hoot.
Cheers, Marc
http://www.thepitandthependulumshortfilm.blogspot.com