What’s a Cinemagraph?
The process of making cinemagraphs looks easy but it is misleading when it comes to making them different from animated GIFs is the mentality behind the animation. Sure cinemagraphs show a specific part of a photograph to be animated, but it has to have a sense that everything around the subject is supposed to move.
Why Dr. Pepper
In this cinemagraph I picked Dr. Pepper because of the flexibility and accessibility to manipulate the product for proper animation. When choosing this topic I thought of using a liquid product but I try to avoid the “Infinite Water” scenario because most cinemagraphs feature “Infinite Water” movement and to show another “Infinite Water” scenario drives away form my creativity.
How it’s done.
When making this Cinemagraph. I decided to bring a group of friends to Dinner at NEIT, since it was a well-made table and the group was large, I informed everyone to simply ignore the camera for motion blur. The addition of motion blur is to create the sense of background movement suspended in time while the foreground is still in constant movement. Credits to Camilocreates for helping in the production of this Cinemagraph (located in the background). Through the process of making this Cinemagraph, I learned that Mass-Collaboration is one of the best things to accomplish when given the chance.
Storyboard
When creating the Cinemagraph I first thought of a person drinking out of a bottle of Dr.Pepper with fizz flowing down, the problem with that was inconsistency. I later decide to drop ice into a big cup of Dr. Pepper, then I figured it to be too similar to an infinite pour, especially when ice is solid water. In the end, went with a reflection of a shadow of a person passing through while the cup of Dr. Pepper is in the foreground of a feast in the background.
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