I realised that this kind of animated still would make a really interesting experiment for the time project, capturing a moment in time and yet with special effect creates an animated part of the image which is really interesting. As I use a lot of photo manipulation in my work I was keen to give it a go.
I had to think about layout for my image. I needed a scene which captured a moment in time, perhaps a person doing something to enhance the fact that it was a still image. (an image of some inanimate objects would be no good on their own) Yet the image needed to be simple enough that I could select part of it for editing without changing other parts of the photo that I wanted to stay the same.
After a few experiments I started with a still shot using a tripod for positioning of someone sat in a windowsill. Without moving anything I re-set the camera to film for a few seconds. Then importing the clips into photoshop I laid the still photo on the top layer and cutout a part of the window so that the clips would be shown beneath of the trees moving in the background.
It worked but the movement was not great and it would not loop without a jump as the trees did not rest in the position they started in the first frame. Whatever was animated in the shot would need to be in a rest position for the start and end frame to match and continue a smooth loop animation. I decided a flickering candle might be a better solution as it would rest in the same position, flicker and then rest again back in the original position meaning I can loop the animation as much as I like. On with test 2!!...
Test 1;
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