Stop Motion: Craft Skills for Model Animation

by Susannah Shaw

To make great animation, you need to know how to control a whole how to make a character, how to make that character live and be happy or sad. You need to create four walls around them, a landscape, the sun and moon - a whole life for them. You have to get inside that puppet and first make it live, then make it perform.

Susannah Shaw provides the first truly practical introduction to the craft skills of model animation. This is a vital book in the development of model animation which, following the success of Aardman's first full-length film 'Chicken Run',is now at the forefront of modern animation.

Illustrated in full colour throughout you are shown step by step how to create successful model animation. Starting with some basic exercises, readers will learn about developing a story, making models, creating sets and props, the mechanics of movement, filming, post production and how to set about finding that elusive first job in a modern studio.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction, Film, Reference

224 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2003

Reviews

[Clare · Rating 5 out of 5]

How indispensable it is nowadays I'm not totally certain, but IMO this remains the best practical book on stop motion out there, full of the kind of obscure little tips you might otherwise only pick up on a job. Invaluable reading for anybody interested.

[Lise Petrauskas · Rating 5 out of 5]

So far this book looks chock full of great information. We are going to be making some models based on the instructions and will report back. Well. I'm temporarily shelving this book. Will re-add it when I have a chance to start actually making models.

[Jenna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Intriguing and ridiculously in-depth, just a bit too much so for the program I had in mind. But it was fun to look at, especially all the steel wire armatures. The ball and joint ones looked very Terminator, especially when it came to the Duracell bunny without any fur...

[Firman Widyasmara · Rating 5 out of 5]

...hmmm, buku yang sengaja gue beli nitip temen nun jauh di luar sana demi untuk cita-cita bikin karya baru yang lebih galak... tapi belum sempet sempet bikin.. hiks hiks...

[Gabriel · Rating 4 out of 5]

For those interested in the subject, a must-read. It's entertaining, too.