I'm making a game using photographs for the animation. I've asked a friend to walk in place, and taking pictures of each step, using a 6-steps cycle.
It ended "cool", but as the photo session was made in like 20 minutes, it needs to be improved.
I myself added some tips:
- Use a better camera (right know I'm using a standard digital camera).
- Place the camera on a tripod.
- Use a greenscreen to better separate the subject from the background.
- Don't use auto, because the lightning can't vary from picture to picture.
- Trace a line on the floor to indicate where my friend has to stand.
Do you have any more ideas to help me with this? What I don't really know is how to make the walking to appear as "natural" as possible.
You can play what I've done so far here. (Or just watch a video if you don't have the patience).
You can also see a making-of in this video.
And finally, these are the pictures I'm currently using (don't mind the posterize, that's just a filter for the game):