Animation
Stop motion animation weekend
A beginner-level weekend course covering stop-motion techniques, animation capture, editing and exporting short animated sequences.
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About this course
Participants create short animated sequences using drawn, cut-out and three-dimensional materials. The course explores sand, charcoal and paint animation alongside movement, storytelling and timing. Stop-motion capture is introduced using Dragonframe and DSLR cameras, followed by basic editing and compositing in Premiere Pro CC. The course also covers exporting finished movies in suitable formats and codecs.
What you'll learn
- Apply experimental drawn animation techniques using sand, charcoal and paint
- Create cut-out animations with shapes and figures
- Animate three-dimensional objects using stop-motion methods
- Capture stop-motion sequences with Dragonframe and DSLR cameras
- Edit and composite animated footage in Premiere Pro CC
- Export finished movies using appropriate formats and codecs
Is this course right for you?
The course is intended for beginners, artists, filmmakers and others interested in animation. The Beginner level suggests an introduction to fundamental stop-motion processes, without the source specifying particular previous skills.
Before you go
- Equipment and software are available for use in the studios.
- Learners may find it useful to bring a memory stick or portable hard drive. PC-formatted drives can be read by Apple Mac computers but not written to.