Blog Entry #10 – Paper Skateboarders

Paper Skateboarder

I wasn’t able to upload the video, but here is a link to it above. The video is fun to watch and very creative in a different way. It’s just pictures from skateboard magazines frame by frame and then put into motion. I can see it in a commercial or some music video. It nearly looks like it was actual skateboarders doing tricks but with some effects. Instead, it is another impressive thing one can do with stop motion. I think this animation is very interesting because there is absolute freedom to express an idea. The music along with the lighting and background compliments with the animation thus making it more effective.

From the first (13 seconds) in, we see a bunch of cut out pictures standing on top of a turntable spinning. Then it transitions into this arty skateboard video. We can definitely see the cutouts of the trees, the backgrounds, and even the skateboarders. It was something simple turned into something so complex. This video did not seem it cost that much too make. Just some supplies from your arts and crafts store and book you have lying around. In the description, the creator said it took three red bulls and 30 hours to make this 1:31 video. That’s not a lot of time spent on it and it already is amazing. Tons of animations take way longer than that even if it is just a minute long. For it to be stop motion is crazy. The interesting thing about this video is the way the artist was able to place the skateboarders in to place making the tricks look smooth. All in all, it was a fun creative video to watch that should be in a commercial on television.

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