Tuesday, 24 February 2009

Stop-Motion Animation

GOLDEN RULE: "Nothing should move unless you want it to." Quote from Aardman.

Reference Book: The Animation Bible by Maureen Furniss.

- Figures must be immobile during shoot, but also easily freed.
- The set must be tied down i.e. Wire through the figures foot magnet.

These are the video clips I have been looking at that provide good examples of stop-motion animation:



The California Raisins, animated by Will Vinton Studio, were a big hit and helped popularized the term Claymation.



These small geometric forms require no need for support since they do a lot of sliding and rolling.

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