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Posted by Paul Adsett (Member # 25) on March 18, 2017, 05:45 PM:
 
This is the first stop motion animation film I ever did, back in 1958 with a Bolex C8. It took 8 hours to shoot less than a 2 minute film.
As you can see Ray Harryhausen can rest in peace! [Big Grin]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3KkXBR9aNk
 
Posted by Bill Phelps (Member # 1431) on March 18, 2017, 06:13 PM:
 
That was really good! I liked it.
 
Posted by Michael Lattavo (Member # 4280) on March 18, 2017, 07:55 PM:
 
Very cool!
 
Posted by Bryan Chernick (Member # 1998) on March 18, 2017, 11:14 PM:
 
Very creative Paul, thanks for sharing that.
 
Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on March 19, 2017, 04:31 PM:
 
I did something very similar my first summer in Super-8 when I was in high school (full disclosure: Paul's is nicer.)

The opening title was written in very light pencil and I filled in in with felt-tip marker a frame at a time. Being a teenager I started filming about midnight. Dad worked nights and showed up about 3AM: "What are you doing?!". He was a 35mm Slide guy: once I explained it to him he was impressed!

My best friend was on crutches that summer (-a bike thing). I had him step one crack forward on the sidewalk and stand straight. I did the same with the camera on the tripod and snapped a frame. On screen he was moving something close to 30 MPH.

-what's sad is after I got married it got lost in the move between my parents' house and ours. I haven't seen it in easily 25 years.

(You don't have to be a great filmmaker to have a lost film!)
 
Posted by Greg Perry (Member # 5177) on March 19, 2017, 08:17 PM:
 
Paul,

Fun to watch, and truly amazing that you still had the film this many years later!

We await the sequel...."Only A Dream II".... [Smile]

Kind Regards,
Greg
 
Posted by Paul Adsett (Member # 25) on March 19, 2017, 08:55 PM:
 
Steve, there was a guy in Canada by the name of Norman McLaren who literally scratched animation, frame by frame, directly onto black 35mm film with a pointed needle.
Thanks everybody for the nice comments on my little film, which was made when I was still in High school. And in response to Greg's comment, the film is as good today as the day it was shot.
I doubt very much that the digital copy will last anywhere that long.
 
Posted by Barry Fritz (Member # 1865) on March 20, 2017, 06:17 PM:
 
The invisible man! Nice job Paul! I've always marveled at the patience of people that do that.
 
Posted by John Richard Almond (Member # 2939) on March 20, 2017, 08:24 PM:
 
excellent.
 
Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on March 21, 2017, 11:52 AM:
 
I LOVE YOU, PAUL!!

So incredibly charming! I wish i still had a few of the stop motion things I did years ago, but they have become lost over time. Thanks for sharing.
 


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