ABSTRACT

Stop motion animation is a challenging and time-consuming skill that requires patience, adaptability, and a close eye to detail. Stop Motion: Craft Skills for Model Animation, 3rd Edition is the essential guide to help stop motion animators overcome these challenges of this highly-skilled craft. Author Susannah Shaw provides a step-by-step guide to creating successful stop motioin films. Starting with some basic exercises, the reader will learn about developing a story, making models, creating sets and props, the mechanics of movements, filming postproduction, and how to set about finding that first elusive job in a modern studio.

Key Features

  • Interviews with current stars,
  • step-by-step examples,
  • coverage of Rapid Prototyping and Dragonframe Software 

chapter 1|8 pages

Introduction

Playing God

chapter 2|8 pages

Getting Equipped

chapter 3|16 pages

Getting Animated

chapter 4|14 pages

Keep it Simple

Developing Your Story

chapter 5|26 pages

Coat Hangers for Armatures

Making Your Own Model

chapter 6|36 pages

Advanced Model Making

chapter 7|14 pages

Four Walls and a Sky

Sets and Props

chapter 8|12 pages

Sound Advice

The Voice Track

chapter 9|24 pages

The Mechanics of Movement

chapter 10|12 pages

The Performance

chapter 11|18 pages

Ready to Shoot

chapter 12|6 pages

Post-Production

chapter 13|12 pages

Getting the Job

The Business of Animation

chapter 14|18 pages

Animation Masterclass

Teresa Drilling