Probably not very much that you don’t already have.
Enthusiasm
Imagination
WHAT DO YOU NEED FOR ANIMATION ?
Computers
Microphone
CAMCORDER
Drawn directly onto computer via suitable software using mouse or tablet and stylus
Dead easy - Fix the camera up on a tripod, take a snap for every movement of the model, put them on the PC and then dump the whole lot onto the timeline in the Video Editor. (set for low quality)
The quality solution.
Mount the camcorder on a tripod and connect to the computer with a FireWire The best software is Adobe Premiere (or Premiere Elements) but others do the job too. Shooting footage demands communication and teamwork if you don’t want lots of fingers in the frame.
Mount the camcorder on a tripod and connect to the computer with a FireWire The best software is Adobe Premiere (or Premiere Elements) but others do the job too. Shooting footage demands communication and teamwork if you don’t want lots of fingers in the frame.
WEBCAM
Quick, cheap and cheerful - There are free programs you can use to capture
Stop motion as
video,and view
it as you go.
video,and view
it as you go.
The program I use most
in school is Iota Complete Animator. It is simple, cheap, you can work quickly and it can be learned in 30 minutes.
Have a look at some of the work kids have done with it.
in school is Iota Complete Animator. It is simple, cheap, you can work quickly and it can be learned in 30 minutes.
Have a look at some of the work kids have done with it.
ON PAPER
Conventional drawn
and painted images are
fine for backgrounds and
still image sequences -
‘stillmation’. They need to be scanned or photographed to convert them to digital images
Macromedia Flash is professional software which gives fantastic results. It is slightly more technical to use and generally suitable for older and more able pupils
The video-editor is particularly clever software where you can put all the video clips, still images and sound clips together along a time line. Cut bits out, move them around, slow bits down, do all sorts of tricks, and check the results in a preview window
The Video Editor
Popular makes of video-editing programs are Pinnacle, Serif, Adobe. My own favourite is Media Studio Pro by Ulead. Apple has its own good video editor ‘i-movie’ built in (better than Windows Movie Maker). Also search the net for free video editors to try.
Music and sound effects gleaned from the internet
THE NET
HOME
on DVD
on DVD
And finally......share your results via...
Dialogue recorded directly into computer via microphone. One excellent free program is AUDACITY
DIGITAL STILL
CAMERA
CAMERA
Either
Or
And ...depending on the sort of animation you want to do
Photographed
using.....
using.....
