Stop motion : craft skills for model animation / Susannah Shaw.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shaw, Susannah, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animation (Cinematography).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (247 pages)

Edition:

Third edition.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2023.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon : Routledge, 2017.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

Stop motion animation is a challenging and time-consuming skill that requires patience, adaptability, and a close eye to detail. Stop Motion: Craft Skills for Model Animation, 3rd Edition is the essential guide to help stop motion animators overcome these challenges of this highly-skilled craft. Author Susannah Shaw provides a step-by-step guide to creating successful stop motioin films. Starting with some basic exercises, the reader will learn about developing a story, making models, creating sets and props, the mechanics of movements, filming postproduction, and how to set about finding that first elusive job in a modern studio.

Contents:

1. Introduction : playing God

2. Getting equipped

3. Getting animated

4. Keep it simple : developing your story

5. Coat hangers for armatures : making your own model

6. Advanced model making

7. Four walls and a sky : sets and props

8. Sound advice : the voice track

9. The mechanics of movement

10. The performance

11. Ready to shoot

12. Post-production

13. Getting the job : the business of animation

14. Animation masterclass : Teresa Drilling.

Notes:

A Focal Press book.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781317675167

1317675169

9781315771366

1315771365

9781317675174

1317675177

OCLC:

968317859