Andy Symanowski came in to give us an introductory talk on stop-motion animation. He will be helping us throughout this project and I'm excited to learn from him!
What makes a good animation?
- Showing emotion (through eyes / eyebrows)
- Having control
- Correct scale
- Considering camera angles
- Considering foreground, background, and midground
- Importance of sound - Narration / Music / Lip syncing characters
Tips:
- Design specifically for shots
- Only build what you can see
- Allow space for your characters
- Keep good communication in the group
- Video us doing actions to copy movements
- Make a mockup (sizes in comparison to each other)
- Don't rush the story - give space for development
- Think about colour
- Establish a style to shoot it in (genre)
- Experiment (can give interesting outcomes)
- Testing EVERYTHING is IMPORTANT
- For lip syncing do recordings before animating (photograph mouth movements)
- Research stop-motion films
I will refer back to this throughout the project to make sure we're on track and don't make any silly errors.
