Animation workshop: sand animation

City Lit

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    Course

  • Location

    London

  • Start date

    Different dates available

In this short practical workshop you will explore the popular animation technique of animating sand on a lightbox made famous by the animator Caroline Leaf. The technique produces surprising experimental results as sand on a light box allows you to create beautiful textured shapes of light and dark images. Using this technique you will learn to animate your sand drawings using stop motion to create surprising and evocative animated sequences.

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London
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Keeley Street, Covent Garden, WC2B 4BA

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About this course

- An awareness of the use of sand animation in Animation practice
- plan an effective short animated sequence using sand drawings on a lightbox.
- Set up and connect an HD camera to a computer to capture stop motion footage
- Understand frames and timing
- Create and capture a stop motion animated sequence
- Export the sequence as a movie.

Our high definition cameras and the latest professional equipment and software are available for your use throughout the course. It would be useful to bring a memory stick (or portable hard drive – please note PC formatted hard drives can be read by Apple mac computers, but not written to.).

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Subjects

  • Animation

Course programme

- An awareness of the work of Caroline Leaf using animated sand drawing.
- Planning an animated sequence using drawing with sand on a lightbox
- Setting up an HD camera and connecting it to a computer to capture stop motion footage
- Understanding frames and timing
- Directing and capturing a stopmotion drawn animated sequence
- Exporting the short sequence as a movie.

You will be taught using a range of techniques including demonstrations, practical exercises, group and individual assistance and hand-outs. Please note the City Lit uses Apple Mac computers in Animation, Cartooning, Digital arts, Film, Graphics, Illustration, Photography and Web design.

Additional information

You can further develop your skills and interest in Animation through a range of courses at the City Lit in animation, cartooning, illustration, digital film and editing courses. You can also enhance your work through a range of sound design courses at City Lit. You can find the outlines of courses available by entering the subject you’re interested in in the search box of the City Lit website at General information and advice on courses at City Lit is available from the Student Centre and Library on Monday to Friday from 12:00 – 19:00. See the course guide for term dates and further details

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