Stop Motion Animation of Falling

Stop-Motion Animation of Falling

This video was shot on 1's during the stretch. It seems a little fast, but I decided to include it.

Slow Motion of the Stop Motion

First, I decided right away that I wanted to do a stop motion animation involving me. I couldn't think of a more attractive and enthusiastic model to work with. I then began planning the Iron Man/Superman drop/flight by constructing a spacing chart that would create a believable fall from and flight back up to the apex. I then drew diagrams of what my body would look like during different phases of the drop.

I then enlisted my wife to start taking photos of me re-enacting the poses. Like this:

I then took the images into Photoshop and cleared all images of any background, leaving only me in the image, like this:

The image above has a motion blur applied to it to demonstrate speed and the animation principal of "stretch". I then used Photoshop to create the spacing guide and made 18 unique images. Those images were then imported into the animation software, Flipbook. I shot the animation on two's, and copied and pasted the clip so that it would repeat.