Stop Motion Video

Stop Motion Animation is a video or film process that produces the illusion of movement from a series of photographs of stationary objects. By moving objects in succession, students will create the illusion of movement.

Students will create a character with a four part movement and contrasting background elements turned in as a looping gif.

The unit includes one exercise, two video loops, a rubric and reflection.

Character Movement in Four Parts

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Exercise One: Character Movements

Analogous Background

  • Analogous Color Scheme
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  • Moving Elements

Character Creation

•    Contrasting Color Scheme

•    Four movements
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•    Equally sized elements
​     (consistent head size, torso size, foot size, etc.)
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Not so good...

•    Needs background movement

•    Timing of movements is off
     (should repeat fourth position to extend swimming motion)

Better...

•   Background moves with character

•   Foreground layer adds visual interest

​•   Motion of character is more fluid

Also good...

•    Same background, new character

•    Character contrasts with environment

•    Foreground and background elements with character occupying mid-ground