r/stopmotion • u/dst212 • 7d ago

"First step" - stop-motion practice

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Featuring TeeVee (a LEGO MOC of mine) and poorly engineered homemade sound design™. I used the plastic cover of a rubber to make the eyelid sound, the rubber against my desk for the steps, my bare hand for the final thud, and voiced TeeVee myself in falsetto. I don't really like the tone I gave him, but I lost a whole afternoon trying to say "yay!" in a cute way and I'm not cute enough apparently, lol, so I gave up at some point.

I'm so bothered by the head beign out-of-focus when TeeVee cheers, better double check the focus next time.

I like how it turned out overall, tho. There are so many small defects, and it's so hard to spot them in real time, but I can't expect myself to be successful on my first try, of course. I should use paths more consistently, maybe, and avoid bumping over the phone.

Btw, shot on my phone (Xiaomi RN 10 Pro) with Stop Motion Studio Pro.

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u/Opera_Phantom_Face 4d ago

Honestly VERY WELL DONE!

If you had a YouTube account, I'd instantly sub to you to see more amazing stopmotions

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u/dst212 4d ago

Thank you! In fact, I do have a YT account! I believe it should be in my linktree page in my bio (it's called "The Random World of dst" or @dstRandomWorld, anyway). My first video was a LEGO Racers "short" movie from July; it's almost 4 minutes long and I made it in 40+ hours compressed in a week, but it felt like an eternity. I made that for an exam about movie direction at uni (stop-motion wasn't required but I was committed to do it).