Stop-Motion Character Animation

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Character Animation Stop Motion

For this assignment, I felt like I improved from the falling stop motion assignment. I had a better idea of the process and I am happy with what I shot. I worked alone on this shoot. Most of the props and set went as planned, except for the clay model. I could not afford clay because money is tight right now, but I made do with a model made of paper clips. I used tape and kneaded eraser to pose the character and keep it in place. I used a DSLR camera to shoot and Adobe Premiere to edit. I used the straight-ahead animation method, "playing back" (i.e. scrolling through the pictures) every shot to make sure it flowed. I used tape and assorted boxes and books to prop the camera up and keep it still, however, there were some shakes, especially near the end.

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