Stop Start Animation Research & Analysis - 'Lego City Hotel'

This stop start animation of a lego town really shows how precise each movement is. Because of the lego'd floor, we can see each stud the characters walks on and so each individual movement is clearly shown. The creator of this stop start animation made each step very minimal and could be extremely precise with each step of the characters. The production looks very smooth due to the amount of photos taken. From this production, we can clearly see how much time goes into making a stop start animation look detailed and so we will make sure our production goes to the same level of detail so it can look very professional.

The beginning of this production shows the protagonist ordering a taxi, placing their luggage in the boot and then driving down the road. The taxi rolled down the road so smoothly it looked like it was really driving. This made the scene look like a video in which the lego had come alive and was moving on its own. One effect that stood out was the talking scene in the taxi. The camera was close to both the taxi driver and the protagonist as they had a conversation of where to go. The director did this by swapping the heads of the protagonist between a closed mouth head and an open mouth head, to make it look as if the protagonist was speaking. This was clever but would have taken a while to make it perfect as the heads would have to be at the same angle each time to be smooth.