Stop Motion Test: River Rocks

This is a short stop motion video created to test another material we intend to introduce in our film. These river rocks will act as the 'virus' that sweeps in on the organic matter, ultimately devouring it. By using a light atmosphere and background, the rocks become extremely vibrant- a trait that we most definitely want to display in our final product.

Character Developmental Research

Story breakdown

Production 101

During the whole production we've all shared pretty balanced roles as a whole. We've each got a say in what happens with each aspect such as the materials, setting, time management, general ideas. I believe as we come to shoot our film we will each take more individualised roles.

We will all share the role of moving the objects within the space and taking the photos, which during our production are the most basic, yet vital jobs.
Jessica will be the dominant voice with the camera angles and such, being our Cinematographer.
Jackie will be working with the photos we are all producing and collecting all data and arranging them and such, being our Editor.
Danielle will be guiding the production in the creative sense, keeping things close to the story board and making sure the production is done effectively and consistently as our Creative Director.
Zoe will be helping out in most aspects, working closely with Danielle, being the Director.

We hope to shoot in one - two weeks time directly after the mid-semester break. This will leave us with a long time for post-production. We've currently got a few issues with cameras. We are hoping to get remote controls for the cameras so we can wirelessly take the photographs. This would eliminate the subtle movements of pressing the buttons on the cameras, also we wont have inconsistent lighting. Were hoping to achieve a more professional finish with these techniques. We have done some research into making our own remotes in case we can't getting any for the cameras. Turn a doorbell into a remote for a camera .

We haven't set a budget for our film. We have spent around $30 on materials as of yet. Including:

Presentation Summary

A brief summary of our presentation:

Our film will be approximately 3 minutes long and consist of 3 acts. The approximate time of each act will be: 30 seconds(Act I), 1 minute 30 seconds(Act II), 1 minute(Act III).


An outline of each act, as written in our presentation:

Act I: The film opens with a single entity. After doing a circuit of the area, it begins to establish itself in the environment by breaking up and expanding.

Act II:The organism continues to grow and expand in the space, and we follow smaller pieces of the character as they change and evolve. A threat is introduced, and a brief conflict occurs during which the organism appears to be defeated.

Act III: Despite its appearance of defeat, the organism begins to slowly recover and grow again. Once it appears to be flourishing, it is suddenly destroyed by a different source.


These are some of the technical details we decided on:
- Possible materials will include: clay, plasticine, wire, pebbles, plastic accessories
- Three SLR cameras will be used
- The final movie will use 25-40 frames per second
- In post-production we will use programs such as after effects, premier and photoshop

Music samples

Here are some songs that we might use in our film. Each would emphasise the particular scene or act, in a specific way. For example, helping to set a particular mood by matching the track to what is happening at a certain time.

Sick on Sunday




Slipping Away




Remembrance Day




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