Puppet animation on Saturday
Course
In London
Description
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Type
Course
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Location
London
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Start date
Different dates available
On this hands-on practical course you will learn how to create an engaging 3D puppet using a range of materials and bring it to life in an effective stop motion animation sequence. You will learn the principals of animation focusing on pre-planning, timing and movement and how to film your animation using iStopMotion. Using the accessible editing software iMovie you will learn how to edit your animated sequence adding sound effects and music. At the end you will have an exported quick time movie of your animation to take away.
What previous students liked about the course:
“The instructor was very good and helpful. A tremendous amount of work was achieved in 3 days. Learned about the power of stop motion animations. Studios are very well equipped.”
“The variation in creative approaches from each student.”
“Being able to create the puppet and sue software I don’t own at home.”
“The teacher was enthusiastic and a good communicator. Every session was different.”
“The course was structured well and there was enough room for creativity.”
“It was great fun and although the project was simple I learnt a lot. Stephanie was really encouraging and gave tons of useful advice.”
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About this course
- Produce a short sequence
- Build a simple puppet using armatures
- Animate and understand timing and movement
- Film your animation using iStopMotion
- Import clips into iMovie and add sound and music
- Export your final clip as a QuickTime movie.
What students have achieved on their course:
“How to convey emotion through gestures, timing using the iStopmotion software. In future I can create animations for enjoyment and experiment with longer video.” JC
“Learning how to use the technical equipment and make the puppets come to life. Use of timing.” SR
“It has given me the fundamental knowledge to create my own animation.” SG
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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If you would like to buy art materials for your personal use outside of the course, City Lit students receive 10% discount off everything* from Cass Art, the UK's leading art supplies retailer. Your tutor will advise you on what you should buy. You will need to show your enrolment receipt in-store to receive your discount
Reviews
Subjects
- Music
- Planning
- Sound
- Animation
Course programme
- Pre-planning and timing
- Characterisation
- Puppet making
- Animating and acting out your puppet using iStopMotion
- Importing clips into iMovie
- Adding sound and music
- Exporting clip as a QuickTime movie.
Additional information
Puppet animation on Saturday