This week we practised the art of standing still. Or better put, the art of a stop motion armature standing still. You see, when we stand still, we don’t actually stand still. There are nuances of expression. You might lean one way, then the other. Scratch your face without realising. Twitch. All these little things …
I’m running low on time this week so this blog is gonna be super brief. We’ve just dived into LAV (live action video reference), and blocking out a stop-motion performance through key poses and frame holds. These exercises are essential for the planning of any stop-motion scene that involves character animation. Hit play below to …
Enter week two of the course! Here things switched from week one’s emphasis around theory, to getting hands-on with the practical. Not implying ‘theory’ to ‘practical’ means a decrease in thinking. Quite far from it – we had to put more mental effort into each animation this week. That thought centred around the idea that …
This week was an introduction to the course. Me and the rest of the cohort met the lovely staff who run the Aardman Academy, the mentors for our weekly one-on-ones, (in disbelief we’re mentored by stop-motion veterans from Aardman!!), and last but not least our peers. When I was at Massey University my Animation Lecturer …