rainy day download

"rainy day" is a stop-motion film made with an internal apple isight. i used the photobooth application to take each frame (minus the last shot) which was quite a pain because a: there is a three second delay before taking the picture, and b: because there is a three second delay before taking the picture. this meant that shooting was slow when it didn't need to be. but, even worse, was the fact that if i wanted to do a shot where i was far away from the camera, i'd have to hit the button and then run to the spot where i was supposed to be standing. the footage is highly color corrected and modified to appear a little more like film: simulated film jiggle, simulated brightness variation, and added dust and hairs. for the last shot, i had to make my own rain, for it was not actually raining that day. what you're seeing is a series of photoshop drawings overlaid atop the original footage. i also played both the characters, so i had to do a bit of compositing there too.

the whole project took three days. two to shoot and process footage, and one to do sound. that critter in the book is a hedgehog if you've never seen one. if you have seen one, it's still a hedgehog. enjoy!
2008