Create Stop-Motion Animation

Different Techniques used to Create Stop-Motion Animation

What is Animation?

The technique of using multiple images viewed in rapid sequence to create motion is called animation. To understand animation in a better way, try this: Example: Imagine yourself holding a magazine where each page features a picture of a bowl sitting on a table. You see that every picture is different as if the picture rotated the bowl slightly before capturing each image angle. When you flip rapidly through the pages, the cup appears to spin. Let take a look and discuss about stop-motion animation and its techniques.

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What is Stop-Motion Animation?

There are different types of animation. Traditional cell animation uses images sketched or painted by hand, and computer animation uses images created with computer software and hardware. Stop-motion animation uses images created with objects such as clay models or paper cutouts.

Stop-otion animation is a simple process. The artist places all the objects to be animated in their positions. An image of the objects is then captured on film. Then the object is moved slightly, and then another image is captured. This process of capturing image from a different angle is repeated hundreds or thousands of times.

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Example: To create a video using stop-motion animation featuring a bunch of pens that move in a circular pattern. You start by positioning the pens in a circle and take a picture using a digital camera. You move the pens slightly in a clockwise direction and take another picture. Then repeat this process until you have taken all the pictures.

You then transfer all the pictures to your computer where you use special software to create a video which rapidly displays the picture in the order they were taken. When you play the video, the pens move in a circle just as you imagined. This is how you created your stop-motion animation video.

Stop-Motion Animation Techniques

Stop-motion animation techniques include object animation, puppet animation, clay animation and cutout animation. The basic difference among these techniques is the type of object used to create the animation. Also, stop-motion animation is combined with a live action film or video footage using a process called compositing.

1. Object Animation

Object animation is one of the most widely used stop-motion animation techniques. Simple objects are used to create this type of animation.

2. Puppet Animation

Stop-motion animation make use of more complex models with detailed textures and movable parts are called puppet animation.

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3. Clay Animation

Clay animation has been used to create very memorable stop-motion animation. The object used in this are built and designed with flexible modeling such as plasticine. It allows the object to be bent slightly or entirely reshaped.