I don't think this video Looped it at all, but my original goal was to create a loop of this Action Figure throwing up a raquet ball. I first started by roughing out a sketch of the figure and then the spacing and path of action of the ball. Once I worked out all the spacings, trying first the one third rule and then the A La Chai method, I eventually drew the spacings on a long 11x24 layout paper, which I placed by the side of the board.
To keep the ball and the Figure steady, I used bottle caps and tracked the path of action with a removable grid. After shooting the first pass, I realized for the throw I needed a couple more frames for the overlapping action/cushion needed for it to be believable. Unfortunately, when I shot it again by myself, it was hard to keep the camera steady (lack of tripod). I had a friend earlier help me, but she had to leave and I decided to reshoot the whole thing with the fixed frames to make it seem somewhat consistent. Overall I was fairly pleased, being my first stop motion animation. My only regret was the fidgety camera.
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