Stop Motion Animation

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students are expected to be able to construct work on stop motion animation that demonstrates perceptual acuity, conceptual understanding, and technical facility; demonstrate an understanding of the common elements and vocabulary of stop-motion animation and of the interaction of these elements, and be able to employ this knowledge in analysis; demonstrate a working knowledge of tools, technologies and equipments applicable to the making of stop-motion animation; exhibit their work and contribute in critiques and discussions of their work and the work of others.

Topics

This course explores the basic principles of animation technique called stop-motion. Multiple techniques will be introduced to make the animation. It also explores a wide range of stop motion styles, materials and techniques and object animation. Students are encouraged to develop a personal approach while exploring possibilities in character design, armature and set building, lighting, special effects and camera/motion capture techniques. For assessment, the students are required to create their own short movies using the stop-motion. Besides learning the pre-production, production, and post-production processes, they will experience the art of fun storytelling through stop-motion animation Objectives