Finished Claymation

Below is my Claymation animation created using clay with wire supports. The animation is used to advertise on TV the charity NDCS the national deaf charity using sign language. I started by developing the hand, using a paper template I cut out a series of hand and layered them together giving them more structure and 3D effect, I choose to use two different colour hands to contrast one another and thought it would grab the attention of the viewer. After using a 1mm wire rod I shaped the initial idea of what the supports would look like, alterations was needed as the initial supports didn't hold the weight of the clay and are viable on camera. The background of the animation I wanted it to be plain as not to distract from the clay hands. once the set up was done using a Canon Dslr and a remote trigger I created the animation frame by frame. by moving the hands fractions at a time per frame once together it would create the illusion of movement. after the animating was done using Final cut I uploaded and edited the frames to create the final animation I decided to add text instead of music or voice over as deaf people are not able to hear. as well as the general population wouldn't be able to understand sign language either.
If I was going to create this animation again I would pay more attention to the way I was going to create the claymation as you can see through out the metal supports can be seen and looks unprofessional their is also slight jumps through out where frames have been dropped due to being out of focus I would change this also.