Stop Motion meets Paper Craft

 

Bianca Chang crosses stop motion animation with some unbelievably precise paper craft.

Stop Motion Animation Work Experience

Last week I had the great opportunity of being involved in creating a stop motion animation. My friend Nathan put my name forward and I was able to help with a flickerpix pitch for Ch4. The team consisted of Robin Macfarland, Jasbeer Singh and Johnny Schumann. I assisted wherever needed. I have some experience in stop motion animation but this was a first for me using models and rigs. We worked with models made by Mackinnon and Saunders. They made the models for the Corpse Bride and Fantastic Mr. Fox so I was no doubt introduced to the best in model making. It was really insightful and thanks to the great company, a lot of fun as well. The shoot was outdoors and with last week’s glorious weather I got my face, arms and hands completely reddened. Here are some pictures taken during the shoot.

Levi’s Waterless Jeans

I just found this amazing animation about Levi’s waterless jeans by M ss ng P eces & Myoo. It’s easily The best animation I’ve seen so far this year, it blew me away. You really have to watch it. I think it’s been around a while, maybe if I had a TV I would’ve seen it before now. There’s just so much going on in this that you find new things in it the second and third time round. Enjoy!

BIG BANG BIG BOOM

Another wall painted animation from BLU. And as usual, you should expect craziness.

Stop Motion Animation of Visual Communication

I created this stop motion animation piece on my desk using a Canon EOS 50D and a remote clicker. I’ve only done stop motion once or twice before and really enjoy it. It does get tedious after a while though. After several hours my patience does waver and my sanity slip. This is for my group project, it’s showing some of the disciplines within graphic design and more specifically my course, Design for Visual Communication. It’s not just all computers, we can get pretty crafty with paper and plenty can and does get done by hand. That’s the way I prefer to work. Again, this is only a clip from the larger animation that will be uploaded after our event on Tuesday 7th December. I’ll do a big post all about our event really soon as of course everyone is eager to attend.

A Stop Motion Animation in Bed!

As a group project for uni, we have to create and organise an event/exhibition/happening in Belfast exploring one of the themes in Visual Communication. We’re asked to use our entrpreneurial skills and initiative to find a suitable location for our work and in producing a booklet, posters and website etc. It’ll all be happening before Christmas!

My group consists of Anne Smith, Grace Kennedy, Declan Mount and myself. We are considering making an animation and screening it somewhere in Belfast. We’re thinking of making it mixed media so it will involve some stop motion animation, hand drawn motion design, moving type and probably more. Hopefully the transitions in between the different media will be interesting. It’s all quite vague and exciting at the same time. Researching stop motion animation, I rediscovered this beauty.

It was made as the music video for the song Her Morning Elegance by Oren Lavie. It was directed by Oren Lavie, Yuval and Merav Nathan, the photography was by Eval Landesman and it features Shir Shomron. You will definitely enjoy this. It’s stop motion animation at its best.

Stop Motion Animation Course

This is what the six of us made at the stop motion animation course. It was my first time doing stop motion and it inspired me to make one myself. We were tight for time creating this with trans and I’m planning to spend more time on my next stop motion. So far it’s about half done, I’m hoping to upload it shortly. Stay posted as it contains dancing bananas. Your day would not be complete if you didn’t see some dancing bananas.

trans Festival 2010

The trans Festival 2010 is running today through to the 24th July. An annual, non-commercial arts festival based in Belfast which hosts a bustling programme of gigs, exhibitions, courses, seminars and more. The festival was originally set up to compliment the Urban Arts Academy. In its fifth year, they have quite a line up of potential courses with something to suit everyone. Free Running, Street Art, DJing, Game Design, Developing iPhone Apps, journalism and Urban Dance courses are just to name a few.

I’ve enrolled myself in the 3D animation workshop running 12th-16th July. This introductory course will focus on the evolution of a character, from its conception in the 2D stage to a fully formed 3D virtual mesh construction. Lighting, texturing and staging are also going to be covered. This will be very new for me as I have absolutely no experience with 3D animation. All the more to learn then.

I’ve also enrolled in the Stop Motion Animation course running that weekend, the 17th and 18th of July. We will be using street spaces and interacting with the landscape to create a stop motion street animation. Students are encouraged to bring script ideas and favourite art materials.  I best get some ideas jotted down. I’m really looking forward to both these courses.

There may be some spaces left, so if you’re interested check out their website for a list of full courses or call 028 9033 4400.

Broken Fingaz – Graffiti Stop Motion

This blew me away when I first saw this video, there are so many unique techniques that differentiate this stop motion animation from others. Very inspirational and definitely worth 2 minutes of your day. I’ve since downloaded the song too, it’s very catchy. Go here if you also like it.