progress so far

Over easter, I have taken all the pictures i needed to create the stop frame animation. I filmed on a sunny day to get high key lighting and make the pictures look really clear. I took the pictures outdoors of all the characters. I wanted to show the 2 sides of the geek clearly so that they juxtaposed each other. For this i needed to make the geek, and her alter ego "hero" have 2 distinct and quite stereotypical looks. For the geek, I chose a plain white blouse tucked into some long shorts, black braces over this, long socks and some stereotypical looking geek glasses. I wanted the geek to be recognisable so I also gave the character a big stack of books to carry which were also used as a prop for the story. This contrasted well with the hero outfit which was a superman top tucked into a grey skirt, and once again using the long socks. The removal of the iconic geek symbols (braces and glasses etc) show that its almost like a new character. I didn't end up putting sunglasses on the cool kids as I didn't think it was necessary and the audience are able to see more expressioj from the characters faces too. Now that I have the pictures, I just need to superimpose the images of the hero and "damsel in distress" cool kids onto the pictures of the sky that I took to get the flying shots. I also need to edit in some quirky phrases / catchlines and the thought bubble onto some of the pictures so that it tells the story a bit better, which shouldn't take too long. To create the film poster, I have decided to use one of the shots of the hero flying in the sky, edit it a little more, and add some text. I have done a review page but I have failed to find an existing example from a magazine to compare it to. Therefore, I have no idea if its right or not, or if it looks realistic.