Stop Motion Workshop

Stop Motion Animation is a technique used in animation to bring static objects to life on screen. This is done by moving the object in increments while filming a frame per increment. When all the frames are played in sequence it shows movement. Clay figures, puppets and miniatures are often used in stop motion animation as they can be handled and repositioned easily. Stop motion animation is almost as old as film itself. Film makers needed a way to animate objects on screen and the technique was devised.

For my Stop Motion Animation, I decided to use a big leaf as a background. my consisted of a purple tiger face silhouette going right on the top spelling "thank" and then going left spelling "you" backwards. Then 2 more tigers appear and the bottom tiger disappears. The letters then get zigzagged and turn sideways, "thank" sideways left and "you" sideways right. Next, the letters returned to their normal state, the tigers go across erasing them, and two more tigers appear, making a total of 4 tigers. I used my iPhone 5c to takes several picture of my Stop Motion Animation, rotated them in Google Photos on my Macbook Pro and downloaded them. I then made the GIF file below using Adobe Photoshop. I feel proud that I did this animation with a little help from my teachers. I learned that animation make things look so realistic and alive. It also adds a little pizzaz to the imagery.