Lighting and camera angles

The key to good stop motion animation, and good advertising is getting the lighting right, so i decided to experiment with the effects of a spotlight, what mood was created and what the connotations were. I used a spotlight lamp and the set of my practice stop motion.

 

 

The spotlihgt coming in fomr the right creates the most interesting shadows, and is almost connoting mystery and danger, suspense even. The spotlight on top is the most visually striking, but doesnt add any thing to the piece other than interest. I like the strong light fomr the right though, second picture down, because it is so dramatic, although this would not suit most situations, it is a nice effect.