u/GammaCorrection

So using this toy, I want to create a stop motion animation based on my script. I cant really find a good explanation of how to do the specific things I want to do online, so I'm asking here. The scene requires the ninja being put in a garbage can still in his blister pack. He's tied down by wires, since he's a toy. He's going to be struggling until he realizes he can pop off his arms. His arms pop off, fall down the blister pack, and untie his sword. From there, they untie him. He then grabs the sword and pokes a hole, allowing him to swim through the trash and escape by opening the lid. The main problems is that the toy will be in the blister pack for the majority of the animation, so I don't know how I will move it. Secondly, at a certain point, someone opens the trash and dumps cake inside. This fact, and the fact that the ninja is inside the trash can for the whole animation, also poses a problem. I don't know how I would animate it while it's in the trash the entire time, because I don't want to move anything and make the animation look amateur. A third problem is the glare on the plastic, I can't have that. Forth, when he's swimming through the garbage he's not suspended by anything so idk how to keep him where he is for every 24 frames. If you can tell me what to do that will be much appreciated, thank you.

If you want, the script is right here. You can read it to get a better idea of what I'm trying to do. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J6EXmlmesT9YtNent9rw2Oq8QOolW6b9YiPmybeQcxw/edit?usp=drivesdk

Between harmony and corruption lay the static, and this was called Purgatory. The souls of the dead drifted therein, wandering through the fog without end, or lost among the halls of the eternal bargain. From this place the Broadcast may be glimpsed, but never in wholeness, for it is seen only as broken images, like a message dimmed upon a failing screen.