Stop-Motion Character Performance
Release date:2012, March
Author:Mark Sawicki
Skill level:Beginner
Language:English
Exercise files:Yes
In this lesson, Animator & Visual Effects Artist, award-winning special visual effects cameraman, author, and all-around genius, Mark Sawicki, shows you how to work with Stop Motion Pro software and a Terminator™ collectible figure to create a character performance using the stop motion animation technique.
Using tools that are readily available to even the amateur filmmaker, Mark demonstrates you how you can improve your character animation through rudimentary motion-capture & in-camera rear-projection compositing.
01. Introduction
02. Stop Motion Animation Prep Working with Limitations
03. Stop Motion Animation Prep Supporting the Terminator Puppet
04. Stop Motion Animation Prep Shooting Motion Reference
05. Stop Motion Animation Prep Troubleshooting Terminators Eyes
06. Shooting a Performance Reference — aka the Poor Mans Motion Capture
07. Poor Mans Motion Capture pt. 2 Setting Up the Camera
08. Motion Reference – Positioning and Directing the Actor
09. Shooting the Background Plate
10. Capturing Footage for Animation
11. Shooting the Puppet
12. Animating the Terminator Stop-Motion Pro Software
13. Animation Post Production Removing Flawed Frames
14. Animation Post Production Adding Motion Blur
15. Animation #2 A Modern Approach to Rear-Projection
16. Choosing the Correct Lens & Camera Positioning
17. Animating the Terminator Figure – Final Lineup, Lighting & Marking Frames
18. Animating the Terminator Figure – Shooting
19. Final Composite
20. Wrap Up
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