Stop-motion animation frame by frame film-making with puppets and models /
Purves, Barry.
Stop-motion animation frame by frame film-making with puppets and models / [electronic resource] : Barry J C Purves. - Second edition. - London : Fairchild Books, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2014. - 1 online resource (227 p.) : color ill. - Basics animation . - Basics animation. .
Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction Chapter 1: What is stop-motion?The beginnings The illusion of movement PhysicalityA continuous performance Special effects Wholly animated filmsProject 1: Find your styleChapter 2: Focusing the idea Stories and themes Approaching the story A change of perspective Out of the mouths of ... talking umbrellas? Atmosphere and substance EconomicsProject 2: What's the story?Chapter 3: The puppetsTelling the story with puppets The physical puppet Telling characteristics Stylised movement Replacements 3D printingEyes Hands Puppet size Clay Other techniques Project 3: Find your leading man (or mouse)Chapter 4: PreparationsWorking with others Sets Costume ColourProject 4: Set the sceneChapter 5: Chapter Tools and techniques Practicalities The camera Apps and other low-cost optionsLighting Sound Dialogue Special effects EditingProject 5: Setting up and getting startedChapter 5: Movement and performanceAnimating on the set Lively movementHelping the movement PerformanceProject 6: Make it read!ConclusionA brief history of stop-motionPicture credits Acknowledgements.
"Stop-motion Animation teaches the skills required to develop as a creative stop-motion animator. It explores how all the elements of film-making - camera work, design, colour, lighting, editing, music and storytelling - come together in this unique art form. With advice on how to use the particular types of movement, characters and stories that typify stop-motion, this book is packed with tips and suggestions to help you get the most out of your stop-motion films, accompanied by ill. and case studies demonstrating how film-making masters through the years have used it in feature films, short films and television. This second ed. also introduces and explores two of the biggest innovations of recent years - at opposite ends of the industry. At the top-end, for film-makers with serious budgets, there is 3D printing in the creation of replacement parts for stop-motion characters while at the amateur/student end of the industry there are a variety of cheap, but effective, apps that can turn turn a smartphone into a mini stop-motion studio. The new edition also includes an extended project in each chapter, covering storytelling techniques, selecting an appropriate style, developing a character, set building and lighting, creating a performance and adding music. These projects combine to lead you through the creation of your first one-minute stop-motion animation."--
Electronic reproduction.
London :
Bloomsbury Publishing,
2014.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access limited by licensing agreement.
9781474222365 (online)
Stop-motion animation films.
TR897.6 / .P87 2014
777/.7
Stop-motion animation frame by frame film-making with puppets and models / [electronic resource] : Barry J C Purves. - Second edition. - London : Fairchild Books, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2014. - 1 online resource (227 p.) : color ill. - Basics animation . - Basics animation. .
Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction Chapter 1: What is stop-motion?The beginnings The illusion of movement PhysicalityA continuous performance Special effects Wholly animated filmsProject 1: Find your styleChapter 2: Focusing the idea Stories and themes Approaching the story A change of perspective Out of the mouths of ... talking umbrellas? Atmosphere and substance EconomicsProject 2: What's the story?Chapter 3: The puppetsTelling the story with puppets The physical puppet Telling characteristics Stylised movement Replacements 3D printingEyes Hands Puppet size Clay Other techniques Project 3: Find your leading man (or mouse)Chapter 4: PreparationsWorking with others Sets Costume ColourProject 4: Set the sceneChapter 5: Chapter Tools and techniques Practicalities The camera Apps and other low-cost optionsLighting Sound Dialogue Special effects EditingProject 5: Setting up and getting startedChapter 5: Movement and performanceAnimating on the set Lively movementHelping the movement PerformanceProject 6: Make it read!ConclusionA brief history of stop-motionPicture credits Acknowledgements.
"Stop-motion Animation teaches the skills required to develop as a creative stop-motion animator. It explores how all the elements of film-making - camera work, design, colour, lighting, editing, music and storytelling - come together in this unique art form. With advice on how to use the particular types of movement, characters and stories that typify stop-motion, this book is packed with tips and suggestions to help you get the most out of your stop-motion films, accompanied by ill. and case studies demonstrating how film-making masters through the years have used it in feature films, short films and television. This second ed. also introduces and explores two of the biggest innovations of recent years - at opposite ends of the industry. At the top-end, for film-makers with serious budgets, there is 3D printing in the creation of replacement parts for stop-motion characters while at the amateur/student end of the industry there are a variety of cheap, but effective, apps that can turn turn a smartphone into a mini stop-motion studio. The new edition also includes an extended project in each chapter, covering storytelling techniques, selecting an appropriate style, developing a character, set building and lighting, creating a performance and adding music. These projects combine to lead you through the creation of your first one-minute stop-motion animation."--
Electronic reproduction.
London :
Bloomsbury Publishing,
2014.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access limited by licensing agreement.
9781474222365 (online)
Stop-motion animation films.
TR897.6 / .P87 2014
777/.7