Chess Race

Stopmotion made with a Canon Ixus Digital Camera, a chess set and a lot of patience. The camera was mounter on a movable sliding wooden thing with a ruler on the desk to guide the movement.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• chess
• animation
• stopmotion

[someonenicketmyname]

I've got to admit, I'm baffled by some of the comments on this.

[darthvader120]

loved it, the sliding shot was amazingly smooth, can you tell me what you used and where i could get something like that, thanks

[someonenicketmyname]

What I used was...

A Canon Ixus digital camera.

The head from a tripod mounted on a small plank of wood.

2 screws in the wood to allow me to slide along the edge of the desk.

A ruler stuck to the desk to guide me how far to move it.

A cheap chess set.

Lots of time and patience.

[someonenicketmyname]

For each frame I slid the camera on it's plank of wood 2mm along the desk and moved the knights a little. I tried to keep the knights roughly in front of the camera to keep their speed fairly even.

As for where you can get it, I just looked around the house.

[papisNY]

let me explain....that is what happening when you do something that you really don't care much, when you it is just  fun , without want to prove anything...that how Art really works...when your mind is free....by the way i don't have nothing to do with these creation, but I really love ti too...

[AspirinaSaucer]

this is really fun :) and I've been reading your website, you got a lot of geeky stuff there :) amazing, I bookmarked it and also clicked those that help you. I got there because I was looking for info because I wan't to build a wireless camera system, and I found the IR one, which I also find interesting =) so thanks! Keep up the good work!