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Summer School 'Journey' Animation
This Animation was created as a part of my extended research and practice for my EPQ. We were given precisely five days to create a 30 second stop motion Animation from concept, research and construction to the filming itself. This was the very first animation I ever created!
The narrative had to revolve around some form of a ‘Journey’, my chosen idea surrounding a simple concept; a Rubber duck embarking on a journey across a bathtub in its effort to reunite with it’s Mum.
Within this course we were tasked with completing some research into professional animated examples and artists, the easiest of which was found within music video’s. In order to be able to complete our own animation successfully we took the time to understand how animations could impact us as a spectator. This helped tremendously when it came to developing my concept further.
Since I was also working on a Lego animation at the time, I decided to branch from the medium I was starting to struggle with and used an entirely handcrafted cardboard, paper, bead and painted set with oven-baked Clay-mation characters.
I soon developed my own tips and tricks when creating my animations using software ‘Stop Motion Studio’s’ onion-skinning features, toothpicks, tack and cello tape to assist with creating the best fluidity I could (as a beginner).
Just to refine further, I used an iMovie soundtrack to add to the playful and cute narrative I chose to evoke.
Summer School 'Journey' Animation
This Animation was created as a part of my extended research and practice for my EPQ. We were given precisely five days to create a 30 second stop motion Animation from concept, research and construction to the filming itself. This was the very first animation I ever created!
The narrative had to revolve around some form of a ‘Journey’, my chosen idea surrounding a simple concept; a Rubber duck embarking on a journey across a bathtub in its effort to reunite with it’s Mum.
Within this course we were tasked with completing some research into professional animated examples and artists, the easiest of which was found within music video’s. In order to be able to complete our own animation successfully we took the time to understand how animations could impact us as a spectator. This helped tremendously when it came to developing my concept further.
Since I was also working on a Lego animation at the time, I decided to branch from the medium I was starting to struggle with and used an entirely handcrafted cardboard, paper, bead and painted set with oven-baked Clay-mation characters.
I soon developed my own tips and tricks when creating my animations using software ‘Stop Motion Studio’s’ onion-skinning features, toothpicks, tack and cello tape to assist with creating the best fluidity I could (as a beginner).
Just to refine further, I used an iMovie soundtrack to add to the playful and cute narrative I chose to evoke.