Inspiration
I really love animated movies and shows so I’m really excited that the next assignment is a looping stop motion animation. When I think of stop motion a lot of my favorite Tim Burton, Wes Anderson, and Aardman Animations movies come to mind. To get into the fall spirit my assignment partner Hyungin and I decided to make our animations following a Halloween theme.
Storyboard
This should loop flawlessly because it will start and end with a plain pumpkin. The green arrows indicate the movement for that scene. Some other ideas I had were a ghost fading into a scene or dancing skeletons.
Materials and Next Steps
The task of making a stop motion animation feels really daunting to me because I’m not sure how many frames I’ll need and how hard it will be to set up the scene. Will the images flow smoothly when I put them all together?
I found this creator that makes stop motion using paper. I really like the look and feel of the material but am not sure how hard it will be to cut out these organic shapes out. Claymation seems fun as well but am not sure how that would work out. I guess the easiest solution would be to find a pumpkin and try to modify it’s face somehow (paper or clay?) …