Filming

Back after half term and ready to go! We had a tight schedule in which all of the filming had to be completed. The sets were clamped in place as were the props and anything else that would move. Lighting was then set up and had to be adjusted so that the wallpaper in the set wasn't showing shadows from the creases. We needed to get all of the shots from one camera angle done at the same time, it didn't matter about being in order with the script and storyboard because that comes together in the editing process. Professional companies like Aardman have to use this technique so that lighting and prop positions in each shot aren't affected or look any different. We had to work up to these professional standards on order for our animation to met the criteria of the task and just for the animation to appear much cleaner and smoother and much more enjoyable to watch.
In the making of the Nytol advert which was by the company Aardman they used a similar box set to the one we used. Although theirs were a bit bigger in size and this did turn out to be a slight problem for us but we resulted in cutting up the box of our set to get a better camera angle.
We also tried out our storyboard and script by acting it out ourselves and filming it. This is a technique that Aardman used when making Nytol as it helps to give a good idea of the timing and it helped us to adjust the narrative for it to fit in each frame.

The set: