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November 11, 2009
Magic Carpet Ride
(Jimmy Akin)
My colleague at Catholic Answers Jim Blackburn was telling me about a stop-motion video made by his son Justin, with help from his brother James. The two boys appear in the film, which stars their cousin, Jackie Jo and also features her sister, Jamie Sue. (Notice anything about the letter J in this family?)
Here's the video. Enjoy!
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Comments
That's made of awesome and sweetness.
Posted by: Tim J. | Nov 11, 2009 8:14:36 AM
Very cool. I can't imagine how long it must have taken to get all of those pictures, and then put it all together. :-) But they should correct the spelling of the word "contained" at the end of the video.
Posted by: Paul H | Nov 11, 2009 11:11:53 AM
Also, I'm surprised that there were as many as 808 pictures. For a one-minute video, that's more than 13/frames per second. If I'm not mistaken, movies are 24 frames/sec and analog TV (NTSC) is 60 frames/sec. Their frame/sec rate compares pretty favorably, considering that it's amateur stop-motion, and that they probably weren't trying to make it look entirely smooth.
Posted by: Paul H | Nov 11, 2009 11:17:36 AM
Clever and charming!
Posted by: Mark Scott Abeln | Nov 11, 2009 12:12:03 PM
That was fun, we had a good time making this video and had no idea there would be a blog about it. Thanks for posting this Mr. Akin!
Posted by: James B. | Nov 11, 2009 7:55:56 PM
Lots of fun! I experimented with Super-8 movie-making when I was a kid, and now in the digital video age I've always wanted to try something like this. The magic carpet motif is a great hook, and strikingly used in the opening shot especially -- very creative!
Posted by: SDG | Nov 11, 2009 8:11:51 PM
@Paul H. Yes, TV is 60 fps, but that is interlaced. So it is only 30 fps deinterlaced.
Posted by: maiki | Nov 12, 2009 12:16:00 PM
Awesome. And you could tell they were having fun making it. So very creative! I love stuff like this. It's what's best about the internet. We need more cool videos like this.
Posted by: Gene Branaman | Nov 12, 2009 1:07:48 PM
What does contianed mean?
It was cool though.
Posted by: Lucien Syme | Nov 12, 2009 2:27:22 PM
I know "contained" is misspelled. But after finishing up making the file, it's pretty hard to go back in and change it. So please, no more comments about spelling errors. :) Thanks and God bless!
Posted by: Juliana B. | Nov 12, 2009 4:40:24 PM
Justin misspelled it.......
Posted by: James B. | Nov 12, 2009 5:43:32 PM
Well done, liked it very much!
Posted by: Danny Hidalgo | Nov 12, 2009 9:38:30 PM
SDG should write a review :)
Posted by: Martin | Nov 13, 2009 11:53:10 AM
Who's or what is SDG?
Posted by: James B. | Nov 13, 2009 3:31:02 PM
OK, that was a blast.
I appreciate that they indicate how many stills were taken.
I love the little correction about the spelling too ... made it all the more charming!
Good job, you guys!
Posted by: Angelo N. | Nov 13, 2009 4:26:51 PM
This was great. I loved it. Thanks for putting it up here.
Posted by: Jim | Nov 16, 2009 4:50:28 PM
My children and I loved that. My son, age 11 and our family's electronics afficionado, immediately commented that his animation software (Digicell Flipbook, beginner version because I wouldn't pay thousands of dollars for the professional version) would not let him make stop motion movies with that many pictures. He wondered what software they used. Anyway, thanks for the smile!
Posted by: Carol Malone | Nov 22, 2009 5:03:45 PM
We used Adobe Premiere Elements :) Around $120...
Posted by: Juliana B. | Nov 23, 2009 8:45:23 PM
Woo!!!
Posted by: James B. | Dec 6, 2009 5:48:32 PM
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