stopmotion

=Stop Motion Animation Workshop= Stop motion animation is a technique where an object appears to "move" on it's own. This is accomplished by physically manipulating the object in small increments, taking still images between each change. There are several ways stop motion can be accomplished and the two most common are: While stop motion animation relies on technology for capturing images and creating the animation, it is a very creative process that requires a lot of trial & error and patience. The result of this workshop will be a stop motion animation video.
 * 1) take still images with digital camera and import into moviemaking software to piece together and add sound
 * 2) use image capturing software on a computer with webcam or video camera to capture still images and import into moviemaking software to add sound.

Day 1: Pre-production

 * View stop motion animation videos and discuss what kind of planning goes into creating them
 * T-shirt wars
 * T-shirt wars behind-the-scenes
 * Lego Star Trek
 * How to Create Stop Motion Animation tutorial
 * Figure out what stop motion software you will use (capturing live camera feed vs. capturing still digital images)
 * Experiment capturing stop motion images
 * Students decide to work in group or independently
 * Create a plan and a list of things you will need to start shooting

Day 2: Production

 * View stop-motion video examples
 * Finalize plan
 * Animation production

Day 3: Studio Tour

 * View studio tour video
 * Animation production

Day 4: Review

 * Review plan and make adjustment as needed
 * Continue production
 * Begin importing captured images into moviemaking software

Day 5: Sound Effects

 * Highlight the importance of sound effects and soundtracks for animations by playing some stop motion animations with and without sound

Day 6 & 7: Post-production

 * Import all captured images into moviemaking software and edit as needed

Day 8

 * Creative expression fair

Schedule

 * 4/13
 * 4/20
 * 4/27
 * 5/4
 * 5/11
 * 5/18 (adventure trip)
 * 5/25
 * 6/1 (creative expression fair)

Videos:

 * scrabble
 * coinstar
 * the making of wallace and gromit
 * aardman animation studio tour
 * western spaghetti
 * scrabble
 * human tetris
 * human skateboard
 * drawing stop motion
 * deep

Resources:

 * Creating a stop motion animation (the basics)
 * How to create a stop motion animation
 * How to make time lapse
 * Anasazi stop motion animator (free PC software)
 * AnimatorDV Simple (free PC software)
 * SAM animation (PC & Mac software w/demo)
 * StopMojo (free PC software)
 * Clay Animator (free PC software)
 * Smoovie (free Mac trial)
 * FramebyFrame (free Mac software)
 * FrameThief (Mac shareware)