Stop Motion Animation

After doing a stop motion video for my final project, I have found a whole new appreciation for it. My 1 minute and a half took forever, and to imagine even making an entire movie is just unfathomable. These are just some of the great stop-motion films that have been made, and now watching them I can't even imagine the process and patients that went into making them. With that being said though I really enjoyed making my stop motion video, the end result being able to make anything come to life, to be animated, is such an interesting concept and I am so happy I got to mess around with it. Seriously though next time you watch an animation like this, I hope you realize just how much blood sweat and tears went into because it's quite the process.

Dr. Wholock (To all the sci-fi nerds out there . . . )

I'm a huge fan of Sherlock, and even though I only casually watch Dr. Who I couldn't help appreciating this amazingly seamless crossover video between the two randoms.

When I first saw it, my mouth kind of dropped and I just left it at that. The guy who created this created a link to the VFX breakdown but I didn't bother to watch it because I just figured it would be way over my head. Even after just one day of class in Motion Graphics and Animation, I seem to have a little more of a grip on how something like this would be created.

Here, he breaks where he used Photoshop, After Effects and Premiere to create the short. After watching this, seeing how he added a TARDIS into one of the shots while Sherlock looked out the window seemed so much more basic than some of the more sophisticated VFX he used, like changing the characters' clothing and animating the actors' faces. This explains why the interaction between The Doctor and Sherlock felt so realistic and natural, as if the characters were actually standing in a TARDIS, speaking to one another in real time.

Overall, super impressive. The Sherlock/Dr. Who fandoms thank you, John Smith.