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Syllabus with notes | vistamix.net
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Re-Motion: A D Design Camp 2011. The Art Design camp experience is focused on creating a stop motion animation using this year’s theme, Sustainability. We will be making short animations that will communicate a short story of Re-Purpose, Re-Use or Recycling. You are free to approach this however you like, but keep in mind that what you want to do in your limited time. Is to talk about what these 3 R’s really mean – is recycling rebirth? Why should we care about this stuff? What is stop motion animation?
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Cameras/Stands | vistamix.net
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Capturing animation has traditionally involved using some sort of camera. With inexpensive stop motion animation software, it is possible to simplify the process of building an animation by capturing the frames via software, combined with a computer and a connected camera, or to use a handheld digital still camera to capture individual frames and have software combine them into an animation. Which is better for stop motion animation? A webcam with a computer, or a still digital camera without a computer?
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Software | vistamix.net
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A myriad of software packages exist for creating animation on a computer. The focus here is on inexpensive software that allows an individual to capture individual frames with a computer and combine them to create a digital video file An optional way of working, using a still digital camera, requires software that can ingest frames and then convert them into a movie. Two software demos are below. Animator DV Plus. Is a commercial stop motion application for the Mac platform.
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Storyboarding | vistamix.net
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A Storyboard is a visual (and textual) description of a visual production, typically some sort of motion based project (i.e. film, video, web animation).[nggallery id=1]. It is often compared to an outline for an essay, but it is really more than this. It could be considered closer to a graphic novel, but even this comparison doesn’t quite work. How is a storyboard different from a comic book? This question comes up a lot. They do share some similar elements, but they are actually quite different. The dr...
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Lighting | vistamix.net
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One of the nicer aspects of working with stop motion animation is that the equipment need not be expensive for a project to be successful. But, as can be expected, money spent in some places will give better results, or at least make it easier to get good results. For most cases, basic lighting requires three light sources, known as “3 point lighting”. Good lighting is crucial for a project to be successful. Having control over quantity, color, focus and intensity gives projects a much richer look...
