Stop Motion Animation- Flip Books

Stop motion animation is when you take a series of pictures to create the illusion of movement. I have learnt from creating a flip book that you need to use a lot of frames to create a smooth motion. The amount of pictures you take in each scene is called the frame rate, the bigger the frame rate, the smoother the movement in which the object moves. A 60 frame rate will look much smoother than a 15 frame rate however the larger frame rate takes a much longer time to create. Each drawing must be the same size in order for the series of photographs to look professional and realistic. Lighting is also a key element in a stop motion animation film because if the lighting changes at different points in the film it will ruin the whole thing and there is no way of fixing it. Persistence of vision is when the eye identifies a series of images in a state of motion. It is an illusion of the mind because each image is moved slightly, that when put together looks as though they are moving.



 
It is a clever technique that has been used in a number of films such as, Fantastic Mr. Fox, King Kong and Coraline. It is also used in television, for example Shaun the Sheep which is an extremely popular children’s show. Another part of the media stop motion animation is used in is advertisements such as the Cravendale milk adverts. Over the years stop motion animation has taken many forms and there are now lots of different ways a stop motion animation film can be shot. There is claymation, paper animation and lego animation, these are some of the popular ways but you can also make it from any object.



Feedback:
I enjoyed watching the flipbook animation and felt that each picture had been carful draw to capture a well thought out design and the frame rates worked at a correct speed. Chloe Hewitt

Clear speed flow as the imagery has been devised well in order for the animation to look effective and well designed could added some more frames to develop on the skills. Stephanie Hewitt