Project 2: Stop Motion Animation
For this project, you will be creating a stop motion animation as a group. Stop- motion animation involves stringing still photos together in order that, when played at a high enough speed, create implied movement. Examples of stop-motion animation include Wallace and Gromit, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Gumby, Coraline, and the tv show Robot Chicken. Animations can use 2-D or 3-D materials including clay models, Legos, toys, type, photos, collage materials, puppets, drawings, and people.
Whiteboard Animation: a drawing is made on a whiteboard with dry erase markers and small parts are changed or erased to create movement. This technique could also be done on paper and parts slowly added to the drawing.
Pixilation: images of real people are used to create stop motions
Claymation: Characters or objects are created out of clay and manipulated between each shot
Object Manipulation: Toys, photos, or other objects are moved a small bit in each shot to create movement
Puppet Animation: Puppets with moving parts are created and photographed in different positions.
Your animation should be at least 1 minute in length at a minimum of 12 frames per second. 24 frames per second is considered ideal for stop motion. Your stop motion video should tell some sort of a story or narrative.
Whiteboard Animation: a drawing is made on a whiteboard with dry erase markers and small parts are changed or erased to create movement. This technique could also be done on paper and parts slowly added to the drawing.
Pixilation: images of real people are used to create stop motions
Claymation: Characters or objects are created out of clay and manipulated between each shot
Object Manipulation: Toys, photos, or other objects are moved a small bit in each shot to create movement
Puppet Animation: Puppets with moving parts are created and photographed in different positions.
Your animation should be at least 1 minute in length at a minimum of 12 frames per second. 24 frames per second is considered ideal for stop motion. Your stop motion video should tell some sort of a story or narrative.
LEARNING TARGETS:
- I can use the artistic process to come up with an idea to create a stop-motion animation
- I can storyboard to create a short film with a coherent narrative
- I can use my knowledge of Photoshop and IPAD apps to create longer animations with sound
- I can use multiple stop-motion techniques to create implied motion with still photos.
Essential Questions
What types of materials do animators use when working with stop motion?
What themes do stop motion artists explore in their work?
What themes do stop motion artists explore in their work?
TINY CIRCUS
Tiny Circus is a non-profit organization from Grinnell, IA that travels around the country to create collaborative stop-motion animation videos with different groups of people from schools and other organizations. "Our films are short and entertaining. Our theme, "The Other Histories of the World," encourages a fresh interpretation of all that seems commonplace. Tiny Circus audiences and members experiment with the art of everyday life. "
Tiny Circus Youtube Channel
Tiny Circus Youtube Channel
Step 1: Identify, imagine, and experiment
Brainstorming:
Your first step is to create an idea for your topic. What story are you going to tell? Remember that stories that are based on first hand experience are always more powerful. View many stop motion examples to get ideas.
Stop Motion Examples
Your first step is to create an idea for your topic. What story are you going to tell? Remember that stories that are based on first hand experience are always more powerful. View many stop motion examples to get ideas.
Stop Motion Examples
Step 2: Plan and refine- 30pts
Storyboarding:
Storyboarding is a process that was developed in the 1930's by the Walt Disney Co. to organize and visualize a sequence of animation. Story boarding helps animators plan the order and sequence that they are going to have shots take place, and helps them plan what shots need to be created. This allows the animators to plan and make changes to the sequence of scenes, timing, camera postion, etc. before time is wasted on unnecessary shots or props.
Your storyboard should have at least 15 scenes in full color that diagram how your film is going to look.
Storyboarding is a process that was developed in the 1930's by the Walt Disney Co. to organize and visualize a sequence of animation. Story boarding helps animators plan the order and sequence that they are going to have shots take place, and helps them plan what shots need to be created. This allows the animators to plan and make changes to the sequence of scenes, timing, camera postion, etc. before time is wasted on unnecessary shots or props.
Your storyboard should have at least 15 scenes in full color that diagram how your film is going to look.
Step 3: Create
1) Props - build, draw, or construct the elements you will need to photograph for your scenes
2) Take photos - Remember that it is faster to retake photos than it is to edit them. To have a 12 fps animation you will need 720 photos. To increase to 24 fps you will need 1440.
3) Edit - Use your program of choice to place your frames into the correct order to create your video.
To combine 2 PSD files in Photoshop:
2) Take photos - Remember that it is faster to retake photos than it is to edit them. To have a 12 fps animation you will need 720 photos. To increase to 24 fps you will need 1440.
3) Edit - Use your program of choice to place your frames into the correct order to create your video.
To combine 2 PSD files in Photoshop:
- Open both files
- Select the layers or groups you want to move to another file
- Go to Layer> Duplicate Layers
- Choose the document of destiny… and done!