Finalising Edits

Comparing the original box to Rach's 3D Model

Whilst Rachel continues to finalise the editing of the box clip, I am editing together the stop motion clips in order for us to know about the best timings etc for the clip. We have decided to use a stop motion sequence close up shot on each scene followed by it's own film shot of the lights that we produced.
 I am editing the colour compositions on After Effects to neutralise the RGB colours to make sure that the photographs of the stop motion captured matches up to the colours that are shown within the filming of the house. This allows the photographs and the films to flow more and seem more convincing in terms of aesthetics and matching together as one whole piece.

Sketches of Potential background angles

Original Basis of the box

The considerations of the piece were being made more and more apparent when editing our final pieces together, the fact was that the box we originally based the 3D storage box on that Rachel produced on Cinema 4D is definitely one which has worked effectively, however we are struggling to decide on what will work as a most effective background to the piece.
Currently although an effective composition of the box with the dollhouse inside of it, there is a problem that includes the fact that the box appears to be floating, and compared to the realistic looking animation of the remainder of the piece, this needs to be worked on and thought about so that it is most effective.
Discussing this problem we have thought of the idea of making the box actually be one that is laying down on a counter, perhaps a kitchen counter, or other texture from the home, and the camera is looking down at the box, this way the movements of the lid won't look false compared to that of if the box was suspended against a wall or lay on its side. Another idea is also to just have a simple looking background with inserted shadows into it to look as if the piece is lay down properly or propped on its side, whilst still looking effective enough to match
the rest of the box.
I have been testing some shadowing on Photoshop by using the 'Burn' tool to see what the box looks like on a more textured background and we like the aspect of having a purple texture behind it as the rooms themselves aren't very colourful and it would link back to the appearance of the box itself.

Music Possibilities

We'd like the
The Benny Goodman Orchestra - Sing Sing Sing