Learning Objectives
- Designing a story for a stop-motion film with multiple characters
- Using storyboarding, framing, and camera perspectives
- Creating blueprints for characters and sets
- Building animatable puppets
- Designing and constructing a scale model set
- Experimenting with basic animation skills for stop-motion
- Lighting your set (tabletop photography)
- Working with an animation camera and the Dragon Frame program
- Collaborating in a team
- Exploring your role in a team
- Basic editing, post-production, and sound editing
Assessment
At the end of the semester, you will be assessed on your story, designs, work process, and final results, considering communication and visual design as well as the responsibility you take within the team. Both formative and summative assessments will be conducted.