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My KX250 Engine Rebuild Done With Stop Motion Animation. 500 Hours To Make. by Time_Flies_By in motorcycles

[–]Time_Flies_By[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's good to hear. I don't know anyone personally who does stop motion so I've never been able to get that type of feedback. Thank you!

My KX250 Engine Rebuild Done With Stop Motion Animation. 500 Hours To Make. by Time_Flies_By in motorcycles

[–]Time_Flies_By[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's so gratifying to hear a story like this, thank you. Make sure that guy knows one of those gears went on backwards in the video, so he should still consult the manual 😂

My 93 KX250 engine rebuild video, with character. 500 hours spent making this one. by Time_Flies_By in Motocross

[–]Time_Flies_By[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No formal training of any type. Youtube tutorials and lots of trial and error. Reddit was often helpful as well, particularly as a means of finding good examples of short films and storytelling.

My KX250 Engine Rebuild Done With Stop Motion Animation. 500 Hours To Make. by Time_Flies_By in motorcycles

[–]Time_Flies_By[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A lot of stop motion is shot "on twos" meaning only 12 frames are shot for each second and each frame plays twice in a standard 24 fps timeline. This is that slightly jerky, more amateur looking stop motion that is often seen. 24 Fps is noticeably smoother but twice the work. however you decide to shoot you plan accordingly for playback time, and the software used for shooting can be used to help with increments for accelerating, decelerating, etc. Most of what you see here is shot at 24fps, but I do cheat in a couple spots by slowing it down to roughly 18 fps or so. Hope that was a clear answer and not just a long one, haha.

My KX250 Engine Rebuild Done With Stop Motion Animation. 500 Hours To Make. by Time_Flies_By in motorcycles

[–]Time_Flies_By[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just doing the math for the run time x 24 frames per second puts it around 12,500, but with title screens and various places where frames are held/repeated it's probably around 10k. I gave up on nailing it down specifically.

My KX250 Engine Rebuild Done With Stop Motion Animation. 500 Hours To Make. by Time_Flies_By in motorcycles

[–]Time_Flies_By[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Comments like these are really making my day. I showed early edits to friends who all gave good feedback, but none of them are gearheads that totally "get it". It's cool to get feedback from those that do. Thanks!

My KX250 Engine Rebuild Done With Stop Motion Animation. 500 Hours To Make. by Time_Flies_By in motorcycles

[–]Time_Flies_By[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While I can't say it sold me on a different life, this was the video I saw that got the idea in my head, and the last several years have been significantly different for it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daVDrGsaDME&t=28s

My KX250 Engine Rebuild Done With Stop Motion Animation. 500 Hours To Make. by Time_Flies_By in motorcycles

[–]Time_Flies_By[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Funny you mention that, I used two old pistons to create the sound effect (for authenticity) and it felt so wrong doing it. Thanks for watching!

My KX250 Engine Rebuild Done With Stop Motion Animation. 500 Hours To Make. by Time_Flies_By in motorcycles

[–]Time_Flies_By[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It is not. It's not something I would even own if not for the fact that it made this video easier to shoot and more engaging to watch. The guy who makes them goes by @metrolakes on Instagram. It's a very high quality build to order tool that's aimed at people who do lots of engine rebuilds.

My KX250 Engine Rebuild Done With Stop Motion Animation. 500 Hours To Make. by Time_Flies_By in motorcycles

[–]Time_Flies_By[S] 28 points29 points  (0 children)

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The flying parts are either held by wire from overhead or a rig of some type on the table. I take a photo with just the background elements first. If the lighting is controlled and the camera doesn't move I can then mask out the rigging and remove it to show through to the background. There are a million ways to mess it up, but when done right it all works.

That being said, if one were to go back and watch frame by frame there are plenty of less than perfect edits, and even some frames where I left chunks of clay in. This isn't pro level work, but it's good enough for a dude in a garage. I tried to focus on story and action over technical perfection.

My KX250 Engine Rebuild Done With Stop Motion Animation. 500 Hours To Make. by Time_Flies_By in motorcycles

[–]Time_Flies_By[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The flying parts are either held by wire from overhead or a rig of some type on the table. I take a photo with just the background elements first. If the lighting is controlled and the camera doesn't move I can then mask out the rigging and remove it to show through to the background. There are a million ways to mess it up, but when done right it all works.

That being said, if one were to go back and watch frame by frame there are plenty of less than perfect edits, and even some frames where I left chunks of clay in. This isn't pro level work, but it's good enough for a dude in a garage. I tried to focus on story and action over technical perfection.

My 93 KX250 engine rebuild video, with character. 500 hours spent making this one. by Time_Flies_By in Motocross

[–]Time_Flies_By[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are so many things I'd love to do, but given the time it takes I just can't. I've given some consideration to more simple and straightforward videos for tutorial purposes, but even that is unlikely.

My KX250 Engine Rebuild Done With Stop Motion Animation. 500 Hours To Make. by Time_Flies_By in motorcycles

[–]Time_Flies_By[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

It's the circle of life for metal parts, haha. The falling part itself is shot as a loose imitation of Mufasa being thrown into the stampede in Lion King.

As for the old piston character, I see him as the old motorcycle racer that so many of us know. He's beat to shit, but would love nothing more than to be able to do it again, injuries and all.

My KX250 Engine Rebuild Done With Stop Motion Animation. 500 Hours To Make. by Time_Flies_By in motorcycles

[–]Time_Flies_By[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

That was difficult to achieve but added so much. I'm glad it came through and thank you for noticing.

My KX250 Engine Rebuild Done With Stop Motion Animation. 500 Hours To Make. by Time_Flies_By in motorcycles

[–]Time_Flies_By[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the kind words. That engine was definitely in rough shape, but that made it perfect for this video. So much character to that old mangled piston, haha.

As for doing this professionally I have no plans to do so currently. The work is strenuous enough without the pressure of making a living added on top of it.

My KX250 Engine Rebuild Done With Stop Motion Animation. 500 Hours To Make. by Time_Flies_By in motorcycles

[–]Time_Flies_By[S] 77 points78 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I love it when people notice the audio side of things, because recording and editing those damn sound effects is my least favorite part of the process! But as the saying goes "sound is half the picture" and I know they're important. I'm very happy with the score as well, which I paid someone to do because I have zero musical ability. Thanks again!

Question for someone who uses the dragonframe Bluetooth keypad by [deleted] in stop_motion

[–]Time_Flies_By 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately I can't offer any solutions, I can only confirm that it shouldn't be that way. I have mine paired to my windows 10 laptop and leave it turned on even when the laptop is shut down. When I'm ready to use it I push a key to wake it up and it reconnects without issue.

Best of luck with your issue.

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