VSP Final Project

x/x/2022 - x/x/2022 || Week x - Week xx
Foo Hui Xin || 0351665
Video & Sound Production || Bachelor of Design in Creative Media
Final Project


1 || Lectures

All Lectures in Exercises blog.



2 || Instructions


Week 1
Shortlist 3 stop motion or video effects video



Shortlist 3 stop motion or video effects video

1. (every xqc stream is the same these days) https://youtu.be/VwGAWWzXJ9E

2. (Lego shopping) https://youtu.be/8FAt7ze-QLQ

3. (Lego Street Race) https://youtu.be/QV3kqFJ6egc 


PROPOSAL


  1. WORKING TITLE: Don’t Drink and Drive


  1. STOP MOTION/ VISUAL EFFECTS: Stop Motion


  1. SYNOPSIS (1 Para):

Drunk driving is responsible for almost 10,000 deaths per year and about ⅓ of all traffic related deaths. Innocent lives of pedestrians, people in vehicles and children can be lost to the reckless actions of a drunk person. This stop motion will be about a scenario where a serious accident is caused by drunk driving and will show the consequences of the actions of the intoxicated person.


  1. VISUAL REFERENCES/MOOD BOARDS (rational, screen shots & Links):

    1. TITLE 01: 슬라임과 함께하는 편의점먹방 스톱모션! 😋Korean Convenience store food MUKBANG with SLIME!😋by 진영예술가Artist Jinyoung (SLIME is the name of the artist’s mascot) 

https://youtu.be/vNkV-I6HFag 



  1. TITLE 02: Lego Shopping by MICHAELHICKOXFilms https://youtu.be/8FAt7ze-QLQ 



  1. TITLE 03: Lego Street Race by Alexander Studios 

https://youtu.be/QV3kqFJ6egc 



  1. Story beat breakdown:

Scene 1: Person 1 has been drinking with his friends 

Scene 2: Instead of calling a cab home, he drives 

Scene 3: He drives recklessly and is swerving on the road 

Scene 4: He gets honked by Person 2 but he ignores them

Scene 5: He speeds past a red light 

Scene 6: He crashes into another car’s side with 2 people inside & the other car then flips over due to the impact

Scene 7: Other people stopped their cars to come check on the accident and call the police/ ambulance

Scene 8: The scene fades to black when the drunk driver realises what he has done


  1. Shotlist:

Scene 1: Eye-level medium shot of Person 1 w/ his friends

Scene 2: High angle shot of Person 1 ignoring a cab and going to his car

Scene 3: Overhead shot of Person 1’s car on the road

Scene 4: Medium close up shot of angry Person 2 in the car honking at Person 1

Scene 5: Low angle wide shot focusing on red light camera then focusing on Person 1 speeding past it

Scene 6: High angle wide shot of the cars crashing

Scene 7: High angle wide shot of cars stopping and people coming to check on the accident

Scene 8: Eye-level close up shot of Person 1 in the car when realisation hits



Storyboard (thumbnail/digital):


Scene 1


Scene 2


Scene 3


Scene 4


Scene 5


Scene 6


Scene 7

Process / Behind the Scenes

Equipment used:
- Tripod
- iPhone 14
- Lego
Overhead shot

High Angle shot

Scene 1 shots

Scene 5 shots- edited


Scene 3 shots

Scene 4 shots

Scene 5 shots

Before editing active red light in photoshop

Adjustments made

After editing active red light in photoshop

Scene 5 shots- edited


Compiling pictures

Nesting scenes into a sequence

Full Timeline

Colour correcting
All audio is from https://freesound.org/

Setting resolution & Exporting


(Submission) Youtube link of Stop Motion:




3 || Reflection

This project was fun to work on but hard to pick up. However, there were many restrictions because I only had a tripod and a phone to work with. For some shots like the low angle shots, I had to find something else to place the tripod and and more often than not, it wobbles and is not stable so some shots seem to move a little. Premiere Pro also runs very slowly on my old laptop which was a huge hassle. I couldn't see my own footage most of the time and had to go with my gut feelings ahah. However, it turned out nice in my opinion because I am super satisfied with it! Hopefully this feeling is shared, haha. 

Lego stop motion is something I used to watch a lot in my childhood and it felt nostalgic to dig up my old legos and place them together for a shoot. I never have thought I would one day be actually doing a stop motion of my own even though I have imagined doing it. It is a pleasant experience and I had more fun than I expected myself to have! I thought me many things as well, like how the smallest details should be paid attention to and such.

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