Animation

Stop-motion is an animation technique where a series of shots are taken of models, moving the models slightly between each shot. When the photos are run together, the models appear to move.

Films from previous years:

• Animation 2007 - The Impossible Chase, Desert Duel
• Animation 2006 - Dancing Cats, Army Attack, Cops & Robbers

How to shoot stop-motion

• Apple Animation Tutorial - (Mac OS X required)
• Camera shot types

Stop-motion software

• SAM Animation - excellent free Mac/Win animation app (email sign-up required)
• Download 'Stop Motion Animator' Installer & Updater - free animation software (Win 95/98)
• Download Animator DV Simple+ - excellent free software for Win XP/Vista (serial number ADV00843072-243)
• FrameByFrame - simple Mac stop-motion software

Editing your movie

Once you've shot your movie, you can use additional software to add sound effects and join scenes together.

• iMovie, from Apple, comes free with every Mac
• Download 'MovieMaker' from Microsoft (Windows XP required)

• MovieMaker tutorial from microsoft.com
• Animated MovieMaker tutorial from a school in Canada

• Find Sounds - search the web for sound effects
• Sound Dogs - Hollywood-quality sound effects

• Stopmotion Links - huge page of links & resources, many free!

Related pages: Class Four

Category: ICT

Author: Mr Kershaw