Goal

Expe­ri­ence the basics of clas­sic ani­ma­tion tech­niques to truly under­stand the mod­ern skills needed for suc­cess­ful design solutions.

Objective

Cre­ate a short stop motion movie using a still camera.

Background

• Geek­Bomb: A Brief His­tory of Stop-Motion Ani­ma­tion http://​www​.slash​film​.com/​g​e​e​k​b​o​m​b​-​a​-​b​r​i​e​f​-​h​i​s​t​o​r​y​-​o​f​-​s​t​o​p​-​m​o​t​i​o​n​-​a​n​i​m​a​t​i​on/
• 50 Incred­i­ble Stop Motion Videos http://​www​.smash​ing​magazine​.com/​2​0​0​8​/​1​2​/​3​1​/​5​0​-​i​n​c​r​e​d​i​b​l​e​-​s​t​o​p​-​m​o​t​i​o​n​-​v​i​d​e​os/
• DIY Cell Phone Tri­pod https://​www​.pin​ter​est​.com/​p​i​n​/​1​5​1​9​9​7​1​7​4​6​5​1​5​7​0​44/

Exercise:

Using a dig­i­tal still cam­era and an inan­i­mate object, cre­ate a five (5) sec­ond stop motion video. Choose an object and a sim­ple still life back­ground. Using your cam­era, posi­tion and shoot your object. Adjust your object and reshoot until you have reached the required num­ber of frames.

Keep the cam­era as still as pos­si­ble by using a tri­pod or brac­ing device. Pay care­ful atten­tion to light­ing and positioning.

Using Adobe After Effects (or sim­i­lar), assem­ble the indi­vid­ual files in sequen­tial order. Adjust the frame rate and export at the fol­low­ing settings:

• Frame rates (frames per sec­ond): 15 to 30 fps
• File Size/Export Set­tings: HDTV 1080, 29.97fps/Render Set­tings: Best and Out­put Mod­ule: H.264
• File name: xyz_art378_exer03_30fps.mp4

Assessment

• The fol­low­ing rubric posted on D2L will deter­mine assign­ment score: Exer­cise Grading

Techniques

Research, plan­ning, pho­tog­ra­phy, assem­bly, exporting

Materials

Object, still life, dig­i­tal cam­era, com­posit­ing or edit­ing software

Deadlines

Thurs­day, March 25, 2021. Exer­cise Given.

Tues­day, March 30, 2021. Exer­cise Due in appro­pri­ate D2L Drop­box by begin­ning of class.