Stop Motion: Craft Skills for Model Animation: Craft Skills for Model Animation by Susannah Shaw (Programme Development Manager for the Animated Exeter festival. Head of the Bristol Animation Course from 1996 to 2000 at the University of the West of England, and former camera assistant at Aardman.)
Stop motion animation is a challenging and time-consuming skill that requires patience, adaptability, and a close eye to detail. Stop Motion: Craft Skills for Model Animation, 3rd Edition is the essential guide to help stop motion animators overcome these challenges of this highly-skilled craft. Author Susannah Shaw provides a step-by-step guide to creating successful stop motioin films. Starting with some basic exercises, the reader will learn about developing a story, making models, creating sets and props, the mechanics of movements, filming postproduction, and how to set about finding that first elusive job in a modern studio.
Key Features
- Interviews with current stars,
- step-by-step examples,
- coverage of Rapid Prototyping and Dragonframe Software