![]() ![]() Give the figures to kids at summer camp, and let them make movie magic! Resources list: Computer Stop Motion Software PC: Stop Motion Pro: (Recommended) Cost: $70 - $595 (depending on edition) Animaatiokone Studio: Cost: $99 - $639 Animator DV: Cost: $200- $1500 StopIt: (Basic, Not recommended) Cost: free TrickFilmCam (Basic Not Recommended) Cost: free MAC: iStopMotion (Recommended) Cost: $49 - 499 AnimeAide Cost: $39.95 FrameThief Cost: Free Books: Stop Motion: Craft Skills for Model Animation: $25.71 The Art of Stop-Motion Animation: $29.99 The Animator's Survival Kit: A Manual of Methods, Principles, and Formulas for Classical, Computer, Games, Stop Motion, and Internet Animators: $19.80 Timing For Animation: $27.95 Cracking Animation: $32.24 Materials: Animate Clay! Armature wire (1/16"), eyeballs, instructional DVD's & plastic stick figures. (You can use anything to make a key, I typically make protruding clay ramps on the clay surface as keys). This creates 'keys' in the mold which allow it to fit back together again once the clay original is removed. Now push four 1/2" ball-barings half-way into the clay (one in each of the four corners of the clay) and leave them there. Make sure there are no holes that mold compound can run down. Push the smooth clay up to the very edges of your figure making sure they form a tight seal around it. When the clay pellets are burying your figure to half it's depth start to apply thin smooth sheets of clay onto the pellets. Gradually build up the clay pellets around your figure until it is half submered by them. Lay your clay figure backwards onto the base of clay pellets. (Your original figure is likely to need cleaning and touching up after the mold creation process, petroleum jelly makes this an easier task as it acts as a lubricant/mold release). Use the petroleum jelly to lightly coat the back of your figure. ![]() Remove any parts of your figure that you do not want to duplicate (in Gromit's case his eyes and nose).
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