Lighting is an important part of my animation, as it needs to set the mood. There are shadows in the hallway which means there needs to be a strong but not too bright light behind it.
The first one works better in the sense that it gives quite a dark feel. I've yet to add the dull green colour and carpet, so I think it may be too dark once all that has been added. So the second works better now, everything is a lot clearer.
The composition is something that I'm not the best at, so I got a bit of help from Jonathan Bate. His films look spectacular.
The camera is low on the floor with the doorframe well in sight. This is the opening shot so it needs to be far away to reveal everything.
It is hard to tell the difference on here, but I wasn't sure exactly what angle to shoot. The top one is slightly more central, and the bottom one is more to the right. Even though the top one isn't completely in the centre, I think it the puppet is a bit too close. So I filmed it in the style of the second one.
To film the shot where the camera shows her point of view, I brought the camera up, and tilted it down slightly. I had to almost remove her head so the camera could see her point of view.
I have the teddy bear, but I don't have the doll yet, so for the animation tests I cutout a doll shape out of foam.
For the shadows, I had a go using cardboard cutouts, and taped on arms.
They worked ok for test animations, but when I need to animate properly, I think I will use something strudier like mountboard, and split pins.
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