Stop motion has always been very interesting and fun to experiment with, for me.....but having to create a stop motion film is much easier said than done. My process for this started with the idea, which does not come easily. I originally had an idea of having a character lifted up by an air lift (like those that lift window cleaners), then drop the ball and have the ball bounce until off screen. However I had many issues with my first video:Too many photos, too dark, phone wasn't positioned straight, trying to fix it in Photoshop etc. Didn't really fix it.
So I re-shot and re-shot and re-shot until I could get everything to work right. So I opted for a video without the character. I focused more on the physics of a ball bounce and trying to get the ball bounce to look believable, without the character. Sometimes less is more. I used my fridge, a magnet and my yoga mat (as a ground plane. I used tape the first time......that didn't work because it wouldn't show up).
So here is my falling ball bounce animation and my reference. I used the same plan as before, just with out the additional character.
animation reference
Stop Motion with title cards
Stop Motion, ball bounce only
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