Stop Motion Animation: How to Make & Share Creative Videos

Highquality, easytouse cameras, free film editing software, and the popularity of YouTube and other videohosting Web siteshave led to a revival of stopmotion animation. Despite the growing interest in this versatile art form, there are few resources offering guidance on the process. Thats where this book comes in. Here, stopmotion master Melvyn Ternan offers practical instruction for a range of techniques and effects.Readers will find: The basic principles of animation, including how to select and use equipment, props, and storyboards A variety of stopmotion techniques using clay, Legos, paper, and other elements Illustrated, stepby step tutorials along with QR codes linking to online videos of finished projects and more detailed instruction Helpful postproduction tips and advice for editing movies on both Mac and PCWith 600 fullcolor images throughout, filmmakers of all levelsfrom the young hobbyist to the professional animatorwill find Stop Motion Animation to be an indispensable guide to mastering this visually stunning style of animation.