Assignment 02 - Create a Stop Motion / Frame by Frame Animation
The master of stop motion, frame by frame, animation was Ray Harryhausen. Before there was CGI, there was Ray Harryhausen. The technique was similar to creating animated cartoons of the time, like Disney's Snow White or Cinderella, where each movement of the character was laboriously hand-drawn on a separate acetate cel, except Harryhausen created models of creatures which were filmed frame by frame with a motion picture camera with very tiny movements of the creatures' limbs. You can see Harryhausen talk about his creations at this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQp7qza-HRU
We are going to create a short animation in the Harryhausen style, but update it afterwards using modern technology.
1.) please download the following Adobe programs before the next class session:
Adobe Bridge
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Premiere (iMovie - on Mac)
2.) create and photograph something that has sequential stages to it, and that tells a story, such as:
- documenting a simple drawing (a stick figure will do)
- creating a digital illustration (use screenshots to capture each new phase of your creation)
- documenting something being built (like a LEGO project or a house of cards)
- something decaying or falling down (like petals falling off of a flower in a vase)
Use your imagination to tell a short story.
3.) take INDIVIDUAL pictures of your creation, step by step, one by one, DO NOT create a video movie
4.) IMPORTANT - all pictures MUST be horizontal - DO NOT hold your camera/smartphone vertically
5.) if you want your camera/smartphone to be in the same place without moving, a tripod will be essential (an inexpensive smartphone tripod can be found at Amazon, Target, or Walmart)
6.) you will probably need about 36-60 individual sequential images and you will need to download these images to your computer desktop - send me an email if you need help moving your smartphone images to your computer or go to this link:
https://durbakanimation.blogspot.com/2020/09/assignment-02-stop-motion-frame-by_1.html
Below, you can see examples of sequential images that will be used to create my sample project (the images, which will become frames in our movie, as being displayed in Adobe Bridge):
The master of stop motion, frame by frame, animation was Ray Harryhausen. Before there was CGI, there was Ray Harryhausen. The technique was similar to creating animated cartoons of the time, like Disney's Snow White or Cinderella, where each movement of the character was laboriously hand-drawn on a separate acetate cel, except Harryhausen created models of creatures which were filmed frame by frame with a motion picture camera with very tiny movements of the creatures' limbs. You can see Harryhausen talk about his creations at this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQp7qza-HRU
We are going to create a short animation in the Harryhausen style, but update it afterwards using modern technology.
1.) please download the following Adobe programs before the next class session:
Adobe Bridge
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Premiere (iMovie - on Mac)
2.) create and photograph something that has sequential stages to it, and that tells a story, such as:
- documenting a simple drawing (a stick figure will do)
- creating a digital illustration (use screenshots to capture each new phase of your creation)
- documenting something being built (like a LEGO project or a house of cards)
- something decaying or falling down (like petals falling off of a flower in a vase)
Use your imagination to tell a short story.
3.) take INDIVIDUAL pictures of your creation, step by step, one by one, DO NOT create a video movie
4.) IMPORTANT - all pictures MUST be horizontal - DO NOT hold your camera/smartphone vertically
5.) if you want your camera/smartphone to be in the same place without moving, a tripod will be essential (an inexpensive smartphone tripod can be found at Amazon, Target, or Walmart)
6.) you will probably need about 36-60 individual sequential images and you will need to download these images to your computer desktop - send me an email if you need help moving your smartphone images to your computer or go to this link:
https://durbakanimation.blogspot.com/2020/09/assignment-02-stop-motion-frame-by_1.html
Below, you can see examples of sequential images that will be used to create my sample project (the images, which will become frames in our movie, as being displayed in Adobe Bridge):
Below, you can see a sample video created from individual screen captures (individual screenshots) created by Sam Mollineaux, a previous student:
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