Introduction to Stop Motion: Create Animated Loops

Overview

“Now, I will explain the imperatives of the setting and the characters. What makes a character animatable? And how can you create your own characters? We will see this in detail.”

In this video lesson Victor Haegelin addresses the topic: Figurines and Scenery, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Stop Motion: Create Animated Loops. Learn how to create an animated stop motion sequence from scratch with Dragonframe, from the initial storyboard to the finished film.

Partial transcription of the video

“Figures and scenery We have just seen how to make or have rigs to hold figures in the air. We will see how to make characters. To animate a character, it must be animateable. For that, it must have an armature or be articulated. So, you can make your character yourself, like for example this one. It is very light because it is made of balsa, aluminum and paper, and at the time, I didn't care about having a rig, I only cared about making it stand up. So he has magnetic feet. Look, it's very convenient. We put it upright and voila, it stands on its own. The problem is, he could never be in th...”

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Course summary for: Introduction to Stop Motion: Create Animated Loops

• Level: Beginner
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• 5 units
• 23 lessons (5h 1m)
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• Category

  3D & Animation

• Software

  Adobe After Effects, Dragonframe

• Areas

  Animation, Stop Motion, Storyboard