tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-615349018788947683.post7318173460154903210..comments2023-11-05T07:36:54.780-05:00Comments on Poor Claymator: Way Up HighRyan McCullochhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18361034200730000533noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-615349018788947683.post-61899079828242366112007-06-01T20:01:00.000-04:002007-06-01T20:01:00.000-04:00To backlight a sky, position a bright shop light a...To backlight a sky, position a bright shop light at about a 35 degree angle to the background, lighting from below (technically not backlighting, but anyway)<BR/><BR/>You don't want the light at a bigger angle, because it will reflect off of the background you'll be bouncing light everywhere you don't want it.<BR/><BR/>I was lucky enough to show John Ashlee (from Will Vinton Studios, now Laika Entertainment) a video of the making of one of my forest sets, and he liked the lighting, which surprised me. He's been a DP since Claymation Easter, and that was a huge compliment. I wish I'd stuck with the clay thing, but music called and I spent the next ten years doing that instead. I'm coming back, though, as soon as I can find a decent framegrabber. What do you use to capture frames?<BR/><BR/>-DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com