Thursday, January 22, 2009

Stop Motion Animation

My favorite type of video to make is Stop Motion Animation! Students in the Intro to TV Production classes at Fitzgerald will experience this project during their second semester, as it is very detailed and requires careful attention and planning. I love watching videos on YouTube and other sites to get ideas before I begin a project. I found a few good ones to inspire you and help you get ideas.
Remember some of the basic tips:
1. Keep a steady camera, not moving the position or changing the lighting between shots.
2. Shoot with a goal of 3-4 fps, so that means lots of pictures or lots of shots!
3. Stop motion improves with voice over, set, lighting, music, etc.

This video's really cool. Nice incorporation of clay...



This one's pretty short and "sweet"...


Although this next demo has no sound, it explains the process of stop motion animation in pretty simple terms...


This is one of my favorites, these guys put themselves into the stop motion...


Regardless of what you choose to do, your stop motion will turn out great! I'd love to hear comments about your ideas, or links to your favorite stop motion videos. Remember, Lego's make a great material to use as well! Good luck!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I liked the first one. was that really made out of clay like a stop motion one? and the second one was nice looks real nice. liked how they diced up the cubic thing GREAT VIDEOS! again.

_Kamrul Hussain

Anonymous said...

Hey Ms. Kelter one of my freinds showed me this video thought I should share found it real cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp1wUodQgqQ

Looks real nice, check it out..

--Kamrul hussain

Anonymous said...

i like how they used the arobics cube as the spices!! that was the coolest part!! oh and how they sliced it up! that was pretty cool too.

Anonymous said...

my favorite part is the smashed tomatoes..that was cool..and how they sliced the areobics cube and used it as spices.(however you smell it)

--Crystal Turner--

Anonymous said...

I loved when they were outside and the boxes would appear then they rolled into them and the random objects appear... And the one guy spinned around... This video overall is cool, creative, and nice!

-Destini McQueen 4thperiod