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Timelapse: Making of "Raven Rap" (October 2024)
Making of the Raven Rap music video.
Over 7 days in October 2024, I created my very first stop-motion project, based on a rap version of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven", recorded by my son, Nicholas Hancock, as part of a high-school English class, some years ago. We've been wanting to make a video with it for sometime, and the inspiration came last year when we got a collection of seasonal winter squash and a decorative black bird model. With my decision to do more experimental projects and Halloween coming up, this seemed like a good choice for a small project!
Although this video includes digital work in 60X timelapse, it also includes some still photos and live video:
00:00 Titlecard
00:16 Locating and converting the audio track from my archives.
00:30 Constructing a stop-motion animation stage from some scrap plywood
00:41 Backdrop rug and door mat dressing of stage.
00:51 Trying out layouts of the squash, books, and other elements
01:04 Used a desk in our spare room for the animation setup.
01:37 Video of animation process, using the same smartphone-camera that I use for my logs.
02:19 Continuity shots to document the layout of the stage.
02:45 Lighting tests with colored "sunset lamp".
(This is a $10 LED spotlight I purchased on Amazon).
03:25 Original stop motion camera images (straight-ahead animation).
03:44 Acquired the original words for the poem (and transcribed the rap introduction at the beginning).
(Some of the original timing of the animation was not logged).
03:46 Added on-screen text.
05:21 Collecting source files.
05:25 Selecting and adding backing-track music.
05:35 Iterative tweaking of timing and close-ups.
05:59 Revising on-screen credits and title.
06:24 Experimented with adding a vector-graphic face (decided against it).
06:47 Review
07:01 Another editing pass on the on-screen text.
07:08 Corrective volume-shaping of the audio tracks.
07:40 Checking the RMS volume of the overall audio track.
07:54 Titlecard with music credit and support URLs.
The music for this video is the isolated backing-track used in the "Raven Rap" video.
The artist didn't really name the tracks on this album -- the name field has "0000000001", but this is the 10th track on "The First Chaos" album by the artist "Alone in the Chaos". Jamendo #18561 / Creative Commons Attribution-Only, v2.5/BE.
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By Making of the Raven Rap music video.
Over 7 days in October 2024, I created my very first stop-motion project, based on a rap version of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven", recorded by my son, Nicholas Hancock, as part of a high-school English class, some years ago. We've been wanting to make a video with it for sometime, and the inspiration came last year when we got a collection of seasonal winter squash and a decorative black bird model. With my decision to do more experimental projects and Halloween coming up, this seemed like a good choice for a small project!
Although this video includes digital work in 60X timelapse, it also includes some still photos and live video:
00:00 Titlecard
00:16 Locating and converting the audio track from my archives.
00:30 Constructing a stop-motion animation stage from some scrap plywood
00:41 Backdrop rug and door mat dressing of stage.
00:51 Trying out layouts of the squash, books, and other elements
01:04 Used a desk in our spare room for the animation setup.
01:37 Video of animation process, using the same smartphone-camera that I use for my logs.
02:19 Continuity shots to document the layout of the stage.
02:45 Lighting tests with colored "sunset lamp".
(This is a $10 LED spotlight I purchased on Amazon).
03:25 Original stop motion camera images (straight-ahead animation).
03:44 Acquired the original words for the poem (and transcribed the rap introduction at the beginning).
(Some of the original timing of the animation was not logged).
03:46 Added on-screen text.
05:21 Collecting source files.
05:25 Selecting and adding backing-track music.
05:35 Iterative tweaking of timing and close-ups.
05:59 Revising on-screen credits and title.
06:24 Experimented with adding a vector-graphic face (decided against it).
06:47 Review
07:01 Another editing pass on the on-screen text.
07:08 Corrective volume-shaping of the audio tracks.
07:40 Checking the RMS volume of the overall audio track.
07:54 Titlecard with music credit and support URLs.
The music for this video is the isolated backing-track used in the "Raven Rap" video.
The artist didn't really name the tracks on this album -- the name field has "0000000001", but this is the 10th track on "The First Chaos" album by the artist "Alone in the Chaos". Jamendo #18561 / Creative Commons Attribution-Only, v2.5/BE.