Time 4 Design
Early Animation from into film
Types of StopMotion from Into Film/Future Learn
How to Create Stop-motion Animation?
Basic Outline in creating a Stop-Motion Animation
How To Make A Stop Motion Picture Animation-video
Stop Motion guide from INTO FIlLM
Stop Motion guide from INTO FIlLM PRO
Guide to making animation at home from INTO FILM
Group Roles from INTO FILM
How to make a stopmotion HERE from Vision Video School.
A tutorial from Wiki How HERE
Instructables have a tutorial on how to make a stop motion using your phone HERE
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Stop-Motion Animation Styles
Stop motion animation? Here are some different things you can try
Stop Motion Animation: Another Approach to Animation
Stop Motion How-To: The Different Kinds of Stop-Motion Animation
(from LIS)
Animation
Frank and Ollie's website (Disney animators)
OPENTOONZ- open-source animation software. and USER Manual HERE
Storyboard
Storyboards are an important part of the Design process.
Storyboarding and Script making
How to make a Storyboard https://biteable.com/blog/tips/making-video-storyboard/
• How To Write A Script For Video - Pre-Production Basics
• How to Create a Storyboard for Your Video Shoot (2:36)
• Another video about creating a storyboard for a movie (9:28)
• Yet another video about Storyboarding (2:01)
• Photoshop Tutorial - Convert Photo To Line Drawing
• Standard Cinematic Compositions
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See the example below:
There are different ways to approach storyboarding. Watch these two videos below for examples:
Mo David: https://youtu.be/pjO7uyriJuo
Film Riot: https://youtu.be/4uhaJhT25hU
Storyboard that is a digital storyboarding tool
Storyboard templates available on this site
Brycen Davis StoryBoard doc is well worth a look- HERE it is!
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Storyboard Example from LIS*
The tooth fairy
Scene 1:
The commercial will begin with an image of a tooth fairy dragging a large bag (filled with teeth) across the tooth fairy town. The main character struggles to pull the bag as it’s extremely heavy, and it takes her very long. To show the effect of the tooth fairy sweating, there will be drops of sweater being scattered outwards.
The setting of the fairy town in the background will be very girl, fantasy like and surreal. The houses will all be perfectly fitted into each other like a puzzle (in a variety of colors) the sky will be a bright blue and the grass will be vibrant green. Using vibrant colors such as the ones in the image above should capture the attention of the target audience and consumers more as the brightness will standout against where the advertisement will be broadcasted. Each of the houses will have a different colour and shape of window so that they are unique, yet unified.
There will be no other fairies around but, if possible, it would be a nice idea to draw their eyes peeking through the windows and curtains just to see what is happening (since the main tooth fairy is making a lot of noise panting, sweating and dragging the heavy tooth bag).
As the fairy steps in the direction she wants to go, the ‘camera’ will also pan to the direction the fairy is headed.
In order to do this with stop motion technique, I will keep the background of the fairy land same for each frame, but change the movement of the tooth fairy (one step forward each slide). In order to do this, I will need to change the drawing of the legs from one to another. I will also draw moving beads of sweat and allow the clouds and large bag to move in order to make the commercial more realistic.
The audio during this scene will be gentle and subtle, and if possible I will also layer a sound effect of the dragging bag and the friction created by the bag.
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Scene 2:
The transition from scene 1 to scene 2 will be done by using the stop motion technique to make it seem like my arm is erasing the chalk on the blackboard. This will done by erasing a little bit at a time and taking an image of it (with my arm covering the part erased). This should make it seem like my arm is smoothly erasing the previous scene.
Scene two will begin with the transition into the front view of the ‘Tooth Fairy Head Quarters’. In order to keep the viewers interested in the commercial, I will draw the door and exterior of the quite a lot of detail and colour. If possible, I will try to use the stop motion technique to create a motion of the doors opening outwards, as if they are welcoming the tooth fairy into the building.
During this scene, the main character (tooth fairy) will not be featured and the main focus will be the doors detail and ‘grand opening’.
The audio during this scene will louder, cheerful and exciting compared to the music in scene 1. During the selection of music with the following characteristics, I need to make sure the chosen music can sync and flow from one after another as if it is one track. If possible, it would be nice to be able to layer a sound clip of a large, creaky door opening as the doors open (this will only be added if the doors opening motion will be added).
Scene 3.......you would continue with each scene...
*Used with permission of R.Evns LIS
Stopmotion software
StopMotion is great for smartphones
JellyCam is a free, simple app.
Monkey Jam http://monkeyjam.org/
10 other free apps HERE
Best Stop Motion Software 2019- this site has some great tips.
Other free apps for creating stop-motion animations, include iStopmotion, iMotion, and LEGO Movie Maker.
Editing and post production
Video Design Basics- top tips from BITEABLE
DaVinci Resolve is a free video editing package that has everything you need for editing. It is good for titles, transitions and sound effects. However, the software download is quite large and uses a lot of RAM.
OpenShot is the open source free and easy app we use in Grade 8.
AUDIO
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VOICEOVER
The Art of the Voicover as explained by the voice of Siri
Adding Titles
Stop Motion existing products:
Andrea Love has some great videos
Cooking with love
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmwBt1147ZjqaTqA3Cs54nzJWPzDnvlK8
Puppet time lapse
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmwBt1147ZjroHqy2kV5FOk4mzUNrlHAb
Find inspiration in the award winning REBOOT short film
https://youtu.be/LRuITXncB5E?si=6siRKqMV5z8HFgNN
Stock Videos/ B-roll film
7 Best sites for free PUBLIC DOMAIN stock videos for 2023
BoClips Educational Videos
Videvo lots of free royalty free video- set your search filter accordingly to save disappointment.
There are many free resources incling b-roll and stock video footage on logobly HERE
FREE VIDEO FOOTAGE from Logobly
Pexels have lots of free video footage