Animation background and scene.

I decided to make an animation using plasticine models and clay figurines. I needed to create a background to keep the piece in perspective. My initial idea was to use a white backdrop with the plasticine fruit in a bowl to keep the perspective. The problem with that was I planned to use a metal bowl but that would have reflected the room, camera etc into the shot. Another problem with using a bowl was that the fruit would be hidden and not on full display. I decided to take a picture of a kitchen which I would enlarge and use in a backdrop to create the setting of the fruit being in a kitchen. I took pictures of the kitchen in varying focuses as I didn't want the image to look too sharp and therefore not look as if it was in the background and maybe compete for attention with the fruit. I went for the not so blurred image as i realised it would lose focus as the picture was enlarged.