THE WORKSHOP

 

OBJECTIVE

(option a) - to create a short animated public service announcement employing DIY animation techniques

(option b) - to create a short story about a collaboratively brainstormed character

 

ELEMENTS

Backgrounds

Characters

Props/Objects

--remember that each element may have moving and/or still parts

 

TIPS

use collage to create layers of a scene

 

 

 

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RESOURCES SECTION

 

Stop Motion Computer Programs for Mac

• Framethief: stopmotion capture shareware
• iStopMotion by Boinx

 

 

Stop Motion Computer Programs for Linux (from wikibooks.org)

 

• frameworks (free, GPL)
• MotionMage (commercial, has free version with limited resolution)
• myrtille (free, GPL)
• stopmojo
• Stopmotion animation project (free, GPL)

 

 

• Clips from famous animators
• The Stop-Motion Handbook
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• Low-budget puppet-making
• World Tales: animations of myths and tales from around the world
• EatPes.com animations
• Short Films of Leo Bridle -UK
• Low-budget puppet-making