How the Stop Motion Footage was Shot

Different methods on how to use stop motion were thought of, with design models being made to test the effectiveness of each method. Method one was to used one word per an A4-sized piece of paper, with the text being printed off the computer after the use of a word processor. The shot would then only show a change in word and not the background scenery of the mise en scene. Method two was to use post it notes with the text being handwritten. The post it notes would be stuck to a white paper background in different shots, with only one note in the first and two in the second etc. Method three was to stick together post it notes to create the words of the chorus. The letters would spell out the words, and be filmed on a paper background being similiar to the other methods.

After the testing process method 3 was not effective, with the time that the text took to produce being too long. The letters that were made were also too large for the quality of the music video to be of a good standard and being bigger in size than the paper background. The vocals were also of a too quick tempo for the words to be able to be spelt out as the words are being sang. Methods 1 and 2 were both successes, with the only problem being with method 2 and the movement of the post it notes during the practise shoot.


After the planning of the shoot for the stop motion, the filming was started. I decided the easiest and most effective way of the text being shot without the problem of shaky handheld camera shots, I used an camera tripod. This meant I was able to keep the camera fixed in the same direction, creating the same location for all of the shots. The tripod was set up infront of a door in my house, as the papers with the text written on were stuck on the door with the use of blutack. An example of how this looked is shown in the image above. With the use of paper markers I managed to keep different pieces of paper stuck to the wall in the same position, this meant that the camera position did not have to be changed which would have caused an issue with the timing of the shoot.