Fiction Adaptation: Research 2

After looking into animation I wanted to research into stop motion.

Stop motion is an animation technique. The technique is commonly used in claymation and puppet-based animation. It is used to bring objects to life by filming the objects movement per frame. Once all the frames come together it will create an animation and will look like the object is moving.

Clash of the Titans (1981) - Film

One film that used stop motion was 'Clash of the Titans' film, directed by Desmond Davis. Stop motion wasn't used throughout the whole of this film, only for certain mythological characters. They may have used claymation back then as it may have looked more realistic than someone dressed up in a costume. When I was younger, the one character in this film that really scared me was 'Medusa'. Something about the way she moved and looked around really freaked me out. I didn't realise until I researched into stop motion that this character was created through stop motion. I think stop motion helped make these mythological characters more frightening, especially with the detail, i.e. with Medusa, being half serpent and half mortal, the detail of her snake hair and her tail, were done really well.

   

Wallace and gromit (1989) - TV series and films

The classic 'Wallace and Gromit' a very known animation. Stop motion has been used to create the TV series and many films with these two characters.

I found a video on youtube that showed how to make one of the rabbits from Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. She goes through the process of what materials she uses to make sure the models stay stuck together. It was interesting to see how clay characters were made.

Director Tim Burton

Tim Burton is a well known directer, artist, producer and writer, in the film industry. Not only is he one of my favourite director's, he also makes some of my favourite films. Tim is known for his gothic, horror and fantasy elements in his films. For most of his films, he has used stop motion. Here are a couple of his films that he has directed where stop motion has been used.

Corpse Bride (2005) - Film

Frankenweenie (2012) - Film

Director Henry Selick 

Henry Selick, is a well known stop motion director, some of his films include 'The Nightmare Before Christmas', 'James and the Giant Peach' and 'Coraline'.

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) - Film

James and the Giant Peach (1996) - Film

 

Coraline (2009) - Film

I found a video about an artist who was in charge of creating the hairstyles for the characters of 'Coraline'. It was different to see a video focusing on the hairstyle aspect of a model.

I found a website online that specifies in stop motion and on the introduction page it shows a little sequence step by step of how stop motion is used.

http://www.dragonframe.com/intro_to_stop_motion.php

Overall stop motion animation is something that I want to do, however as i don't have a lot of time in this project and also don't have enough money to purchase the equipment and software. Hopefully there may be an easier and simpler way of creating a stop motion piece, without it taking a long time to complete.

I don't have a lot of time on this project so I may have to look into a different technique within stop motion.