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Stop Motion Animation for Beginners: Clay Characters and the Stop Motion Studio App

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About Stop Motion Animation for Beginners: Clay Characters and the Stop Motion Studio App

1. Introduction

2. The Squash and Stretch Animation Principle

3. Designing and Building your Character

4. Building an Infinite Background

5. Lighting your Set with Three Point Lighting

6. Building a Reflector Panel

7. Setting up your animation

8. Using Stop Motion Studio

9. Animating your Character

10. Copying, Pasting and Reversing Frames

11. Recording Sound Effects and Goodbye

What You Will Learn?

  • Learn how to animate a simple plasticine character and get started in the Stop Motion Studio application for smartphones and tablets. In this basics class, award-winning stop motion animators Eleanor Evans and Giovanni Aguilar demonstrate how to start creating simple fun stop motion animations using plasticine. .
  • The class covers the basics of using stop motion studio on your phone or tablet and the importance of the animation principle of squash and stretch. .
  • All you need is a smartphone or tablet, a tripod, paper, cardboard, two desk lamps, plasticine and some beads or buttons. .