Sunday, 18 April 2010
Stop Motion
03:23 | 
Posted by
Jack Witherden
Through looking at a large amount of stop motion videos on the internet i have seen many that cover a large scale of what can be called stop motion. The most common example is that of drawings which have been shot in succession of one another to give the illusion of movement. This technique of hand drawing numerous illustrations for a short period of time when in their final moving image form is a massive effort and says to me that this form of animation could be viewed as out dated and almost primitive in consideration to digital animation.
Another form of stop motion animation which has interested me is puppetry. Either undertaken with figures made out of clay (most infamous being 'Morph'), or pre existing subjects such as children's action figures and toys. This idea that bringing a character alive which is not just drawn out, and knowing that the physical subject actually exists has really interested me for a long time. It may seem out of touch, but in my opinion the preferences of even a modern day film between CGI and animatronics is definitely the latter. I want to know the character although not alive, actually exists in physical form which makes them more believable to me as an audience member.
I really want to get this relationship between a non physical character coming to life and an existing object also coming to life within my animation somehow.
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