Course Information
Age Group: Upper Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, Adults
Stop motion is an animated filmmaking technique in which objects are physically manipulated in small increments between individually photographed frames so that they will appear to exhibit independent motion or change when the series of frames is played back. Any kind of object can thus be animated – Puppets with movable joints (puppet animation) or plasticine figures (clay animation or claymation) are most commonly used. Puppets, models, lego or clay figures built around an armature are used in model animation. Stop motion of flat materials such as paper, fabrics or photographs is usually called Cut-out animation. Combination of paper and clay animation are often used too.
Through active experimentation, students will learn about:
• Pre-production (Scription, camera angles and shots, storyboarding)
• Production (lighting, animation)
• Post-production (Video editing, subtitling and music)
• Character conceptualization and design and props design
• Experimenting with different/mixed media for animation objects
• Theory and practical of object animation
Students will be guided to stop motion animation techniques through various designing and character creation techniques. They will also be able to understand the concept, techniques and ability to convey their ideas in the form of animated graphics. Each lesson will be accompanied with 1-2 videos and notes.
Teo Pei Hui, Jocelyn
Jocelyn has over 11 years of professional experience in graphic design and illustration, before she became a freelance digital and visual arts trainer.
Course Content
Software Introduction
You need to complete previous lesson/activity before proceeding to this.We will be using mobile App “Stop Motion Studio” for this stop motion animation module. Let us go through the App features before we start with the lessons. App is available in both iOS and Android versions.
Teo Pei Hui, Jocelyn
Visual Arts
0H 05M
Introducing Stop Motion Animation
You need to complete previous lesson/activity before proceeding to this.In this lesson, we will go through what is stop motion animation and be introduced to some shot types.
Teo Pei Hui, Jocelyn
Visual Arts
0H 05M
Shot Types Practice
You need to complete previous lesson/activity before proceeding to this.Start Date: 31st March - 31st December (SGT)
Animation Frame Rate
You need to complete previous lesson/activity before proceeding to this.In this lesson, we will learn about the different frame rate used in animation and how it could affect the quality and smoothness of the animation.
Teo Pei Hui, Jocelyn
Visual Arts
0H 05M
Animation Practice
You need to complete previous lesson/activity before proceeding to this.Start Date: 31st March - 31st December (SGT)
Storyline and Character Design
You need to complete previous lesson/activity before proceeding to this.In this lesson, we will learn how to create a storyline, scripting and designing characters for the stop motion animation.
Teo Pei Hui, Jocelyn
Visual Arts
0H 05M
Creating a Storyline
You need to complete previous lesson/activity before proceeding to this.Start Date: 31st March - 31st December (SGT)
Storyboarding
You need to complete previous lesson/activity before proceeding to this.Now we will learn how to create a storyboard to draft out the story flow for the animation.
Teo Pei Hui, Jocelyn
Visual Arts
0H 05M
Creating a Storyboard
You need to complete previous lesson/activity before proceeding to this.Start Date: 31st March - 31st December (SGT)
Props Preparation
You need to complete previous lesson/activity before proceeding to this.In this lesson, we will learn how to design Background and Character.
Teo Pei Hui, Jocelyn
Visual Arts
0H 20M
Props Preparation
You need to complete previous lesson/activity before proceeding to this.Start Date: 31st March - 31st December (SGT)
Character Animation
You need to complete previous lesson/activity before proceeding to this.In this lesson, we will learn how to animate the character and stop motion lighting requirement.
Teo Pei Hui, Jocelyn
Visual Arts
0H 10M
Animating Character
You need to complete previous lesson/activity before proceeding to this.Start Date: 31st March - 31st December (SGT)
Lighting Matters
You need to complete previous lesson/activity before proceeding to this.Having a good lighting setup helps to avoid inconsistency of light source and undesirable shadow casting on the animation.
Teo Pei Hui, Jocelyn
Visual Arts
0H 05M
Video Editing
You need to complete previous lesson/activity before proceeding to this.In this lesson, we will learn how to edit the video by adding in Transitions, Special effects, Titles ana Captions.
Teo Pei Hui, Jocelyn
Visual Arts
0H 10M
Video Editing
You need to complete previous lesson/activity before proceeding to this.Start Date: 31st March - 31st December (SGT)
Music Import/Edit and File Exporting
You need to complete previous lesson/activity before proceeding to this.We will now proceed to learn how to import music from free resource and how to edit them from the App, and also learn how to export shareable video and other video output options available.
Teo Pei Hui, Jocelyn
Visual Arts
0H 05M
Music Editing and File Exporting
You need to complete previous lesson/activity before proceeding to this.Start Date: 31st March - 31st December (SGT)
Course Completion Survey
You need to complete previous lesson/activity before proceeding to this.Start Date: 16th June - 31st December (SGT)
Certificate
Get your certificate when you complete every activity in this course and have it checked by your instructor.