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FMA 113 · 3 credits

Stop Motion Animation

Introduction to fundamental principles of stop motion and experimental animation. Experiments with lighting, staging and camera placement while animating three-dimensional materials shot with a digital camera in real three-dimensional space.

Lecture

2

Lab

2

Course Content

  1. Stop motion
  2. In-camera animation
  3. Set design
  4. Set construction
  5. Character design
  6. Character building
  7. Lighting

Learning Outcomes

  1. Analyze animation media in stop motion. (1,2)
  2. Create animation in stop motion. (1-7)

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