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Title

Stop-motion animation : frame by frame film-making with puppets and models / Barry Purves.

Author

Purves, Barry.

Publication

London : Fairchild Books, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2014.

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Description

227 pages : color illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

"Stop-motion Animation teaches the skills required to develop as a creative stop-motion animator. It explores how all the elements of film-making - camera work, design, colour, lighting, editing, music and storytelling - come together in this unique art form. With advice on how to use the particular types of movement, characters and stories that typify stop-motion, this book is packed with tips and suggestions to help you get the most out of your stop-motion films, accompanied by illustrations and case studies demonstrating how film-making masters through the years have used it in feature films, short films and television. This second edition also introduces and explores two of the biggest innovations of recent years - at opposite ends of the industry. At the top-end, for film-makers with serious budgets, there is 3D printing in the creation of replacement parts for stop-motion characters while at the amateur/student end of the industry there are a variety of cheap, but effective, apps that can turn turn a smartphone into a mini stop-motion studio. The new edition also includes an extended project in each chapter, covering storytelling techniques, selecting an appropriate style, developing a character, set building and lighting, creating a performance and adding music. These projects combine to lead you through the creation of your first one-minute stop-motion animation"--

Series Statement

Basics animation

Uniform Title

Basics animation.

Subject

• Stop-motion animation films

Contents

• Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction Chapter 1: What is stop-motion?The beginnings The illusion of movement PhysicalityA continuous performance Special effects Wholly animated filmsProject 1: Find your styleChapter 2: Focusing the idea Stories and themes Approaching the story A change of perspective Out of the mouths of... talking umbrellas? Atmosphere and substance EconomicsProject 2: What's the story?Chapter 3: The puppetsTelling the story with puppets The physical puppet Telling characteristics Stylised movement Replacements 3D printingEyes Hands Puppet size Clay Other techniques Project 3: Find your leading man (or mouse)Chapter 4: PreparationsWorking with others Sets Costume ColourProject 4: Set the sceneChapter 5: Chapter Tools and techniques Practicalities The camera Apps and other low-cost optionsLighting Sound Dialogue Special effects EditingProject 5: Setting up and getting startedChapter 5: Movement and performanceAnimating on the set Lively movementHelping the movement PerformanceProject 6: Make it read!ConclusionA brief history of stop-motionPicture credits Acknowledgements.
• Foreword -- Introduction -- What is stop-motion? -- The beginnings -- The illusion of movement -- Physicality -- A continuous performance -- Special effects -- Wholly animated films -- A one-minute film: The story -- Focusing the idea -- Art and truth -- Externalizing internal thoughts -- Stories and themes -- Them and us -- Approaching the story -- A change of perspective -- Out of the mouths of... talking umbrellas? -- Economics -- A one-minute film: Who and where? -- The puppets -- Telling the story with puppets -- The physical puppet -- Telling characteristics -- Stylized movement -- Heads and replacements -- Eyes -- Hands -- Puppet size -- Clay -- Other techniques -- A one-minute film: Getting ready -- Preparations -- Working with others -- Storyboards -- Sets -- Costume -- Colour -- A one-minute film: Practical puppets -- Tools and techniques -- Practicalities -- Lighting -- Sound -- Dialogue -- On-set effects -- Editing -- A one-minute film: Filming -- Movement and performance -- Animating on the set -- Puppet design and movement -- Helping the movement -- Performance -- A one-minute film: Putting it together -- Conclusion -- A brief history of stop-motion.

Call Number

MFLF 15-147

ISBN

• 9781472521903 (pbk.)
• 1472521900 (pbk.)
• 9781472539434 (epdf) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2013036010

OCLC

857981373

Author

Purves, Barry.

Title

Stop-motion animation : frame by frame film-making with puppets and models / Barry Purves.

Publisher

London : Fairchild Books, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2014.

Edition

Second edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Basics animation

Basics animation.

Research Call Number

MFLF 15-147