Stop-motion animation using iPads
This is one of my favourite media activities but also a bit of a hobby.
Before college I had minimal skills with stop-motion, but college helped me to improve.I prefer to create my animation videos with Transformers models or Lego.
I use a variety of video editors depending on the scenario – currently my favourite is CapCut. There isn’t much to work with on the college software currently though as the programs are quite limited.
The process starts off with using an iPad, although you can use a phone. Then it’s a painstaking process of slowly taking photos and making tiny adjustments to the figures and props, then rinse and repeat the process.
Sometimes these animation projects can take a few days, sometimes a few weeks or even a whole term. Then there’s the process of actually getting the video edited.
All of my stop-motion animations during the last two years had my friend Oliver involved as Assistant Director / Art and Special Effects Choreographer.
The May 4th Special video for Star Wars Day was uploaded to the college Facebook page and is some of mine and Oliver’s best work.
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