This document discusses various stop motion animation techniques including object animation using found objects, modeling with clay or plasticine, simple clay animation, time lapse photography, pixilation using live subjects, puppetry, and combining different formats. Students are assigned a task to research an animator, explain their animation style, gather pictures and links to their work, compare animations, and discuss the animator's strengths and weaknesses. The aims of the lesson are for students to discuss title sequences, research and explain title sequences, and for some to research animation styles.

1. Stop Motion Techniques and styles

2. What can you remember about
animation last week?

3. Lesson Aims
• All of you will be able to discuss
title sequences.
• Most of you will be able to
research and explain title
sequences.
• Some of you will be able to
research animation styles.

4. Stop Motion is….
• A form of animation that involves
taking a series of photographs.
• When the photographs are played
back in sequence the images
appear to be moving.
• Usually it takes 25 images for ever
second of film to appear smooth.
• What do you think would happen
if you only took 10 pictures for
each second?

5. Object animation
Use found objects to animate

6. Modelling
Create a model from clay or plasticine

7. Simple clay animation
Moving the clay for each frame

8. Time Lapse
Use the stop motion technique to create an
interesting time lapse.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbLpTgTZGsg

9. PixilationUsing real people and locations, and moving
several elements at once.

10. PuppetryUsing puppets to animate.

11. Combined formatsUsing various formats and techniques

12. TASK 1: Research an animator and
explain their animation style.
• Download the worksheet “Animators”
• Gather pictures
• Add links to their animations.
• Compare their animations.
• Give details about the animator.
• Explain their strengths and
weaknesses.

13. Lesson Aims
• All of you will be able to discuss
title sequences.
• Most of you will be able to
research and explain title
sequences.
• Some of you will be able to
research animation styles.