Animate This Week! Due at End of Class on Friday

This week you will create a 20 second animation of waht you have been working on.

At a frame rate of 24 fps (frames per second) that means you will need to take at least 480 pictures.

We will discuss camera settings today so you can get the most consistent lighting conditions from day to day.

Photograph and Upload All Recent Work

Upload pictures of all of your work from the past 2-3 weeks. Include work in progess.Make sure that there are no distractions in the background... you may want to have a sheet of black or white paper in the background.

include a detailed description of what you have photographed, include the characters, bachgrounds, and what the things are made of.

Stop Motion Research - Monday, February 6 - Work Day-Wednesday February8

I will be out of class Monday and Wednesday

Here are my instructions:

1.On Monday, do the Stop Motion Research assignment below.

2. On Wednesady, ONLY If you have completed ALL of the research, then you can work on your sculptures, creatures, characters, etc. Use any materials you can find. We will NOT be photographing today...just making things.


STOP MOTION RESEARCH - MONDAY FEB 6
Here are some very important people in the history of stop motion. You will be researching each of these people. In Google Classroom, Open a Google doc, share it with me, and put the following answers in the doc.

For each person, answer the following:

When did they live?
Where were they from, what country did they work in?
What is a movie that they created?
What is a significant contribution to the art of stop motion animation attributed to them?

For each person, find a clip of each their work on youtube and  add the link to your answer.


Edward Muybridge

Emile Cohl

Willis O'Brien

J. Stuart Blackton

Ladislas Starevich

aleksandr ptushko

Joop Geesnik

Art Clokey

Michael Myerberg - Hansel and Gretel, an Opera Fantasy

Ray Harryhausen

Will Vinton

Brothers Quay

Peter Lord

Nick Park

Tim Burton