- Stop Motion Animation

Catalog description

Animation is the illusion of motion created by the consecutive display of slightly varying static elements. In this course, students will learn the fundamentals of stop-motion animation techniques as well as explore many aspects of the other more contemporary forms of stop-motion animation processes used by today's animators. This course is focused primarily on the Stop-Motion animated short. Students will learn all aspects of this genre, from the initial development of an idea to the execution and completion of a fully realized animation. Students will be given several assignments over the course of the semester which will give them experience with different types of stop-motion animation styles. These assignments will also give students direct experience with story- boarding, framing and cutting shots, character movement analysis, background audio and Foley (sound effects), and some post digital effects work.