1. Stop Animation Project

2. What is stop animation? Stop motion (or frame-by-frame) animation is a general term for an animation technique which makes a physically manipulated object appear to move.animation The object is moved by extremely small amounts between individually photographed frames, creating the illusion of movement when the series of frames is played as a continuous sequence

3. Examples Rammstein - Feuer Frei Minilogue/hitchhikers choice - short version (Longer on DVD) Minilogue/hitchhikers choice - short version (Longer on DVD) My Animated World My Animated World

4. How do we do it? Form your idea using an inanimate object, this can coins, pieces of paper, food, candy toys, pencils anything not alive. Pick a partner, and write a rough storyboard of what is going to happen One person takes the picture and help direct The other moves the object

5. Tips Since we can’t leave the objects in place, film each scene separately (keep track of your own stuff) Upload your pictures at the end of each day to your Z drive, keep them separated in folders or you will regret it. Film in the same place each time or lighting will be different It’s not a race, take your time. The smaller the movements the better the animation.

6. Objective Create a stop animation film of at least 30 seconds in length We will use Premiere to put all the photo’s together and add voice, sound effects, music etc. Figure on having at least 10 frames per second, that means you will need approximately 300 pictures.

7. Things to think on Mediums- There are a great number of mediums you can use- dry erase, toys, mundane objects, drawing on paper or using construction paper cutouts. New Possibilities- Using stop animation you can make objects that are not alive appear to be, objects appear and disappear, change into something else etc.

8. More thinking things A “regular” motion film is composed of thousands of stills. Use the onion skin technology to help keep small objects on track. Keep the lighting consistent in all of the frames or it will become a distraction. You can use a web cam or regular camera.