Tag Archive: stopmo

Aug
17
2008

I have to say there are three animated film I am excited about:

The Princess and the Frog from Disney. A return to 2D animation with a musical fairytale set in New Orleans. Check out the funny clip below to see a teaser for the film. Looking very cool. ALSO check out Disney’s new website for animation: http://www.disneyanimation.com/ to see concept art from the film.

and the 3D stop-motion Coraline, based on the childrens book by Neil Gaiman. Here are some making over videos from Rotten Tommatoes. The movie will be presented in stereoscopic 3D! Wow!

The latest film from Japan’s Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki -Â Gake no ue no Ponyo (å´–ã®ä¸Šã®ãƒãƒ‹ãƒ§, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea). We won’t see it here in the US for a year or so and even though it’s aimed at younger kids I am still looking forward to seeing what the master director shows us. Here is a trailer for the movie which is all ready well in Japan. The backgrounds are amazing and I love the way the Water is really creatures.

a short clip from the movie:

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Jul
20
2008

Schulz Museum Summer Camp 2008: Animation

by Brian

I taught an animation class July 7-11, 2008 at the Charles Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa CA. The class was a lot of fun and the kids worked really hard.

First off is an animatic (a filmed storyboard) for our own action packed cartoon “Super Surf Knight.” I came up with the concept and characters and the kids helped storyboard and design the characters and settings. The kids also did the audio.

We also had fun doing some stopmotion animation too….

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Jul
18
2008

Cartoon Boot Camp – Animation: People Stop Motion

by Brian

Some more silly animation that we did today, the last day of animation class at the Cartoon Art Museum. I will be uploading the final project as well as animation from my class at the Schulz Museum by early next week before I leave for San Diego.

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Jul
16
2008

Cartoon Boot Camp ’08: Titan War

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by Brian

Stop Motion film made by the Cartoon Boot Camp students at the Cartoon Art Museum TODAY!

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Jul
11
2008

Web resources for the Animation students at the Schulz Museum class.

by Brian

Here are some animation (stop motion) resources for my students and their parents at the Schulz Museum this week. Everyone did a great job

http://www.stopmotionworks.com/ – Stop Motion Link, News, History, etc.

http://www.animateclay.com/ – the site has a free (PC) Stop Motion Program called Anasazi Stop Motion Animator plus links to other programs to use.

http://www.stopmotionmagic.com - Site for animators who are creating/learning Stop Motion Animation.

http://www.stopmoshorts.com/ - Inspiration

www.istopmotion.com <= program we used in class for stop motion and pencil tests. (MAC)

http://www.adobe.com/products/aftereffects/ <= Adobe After Effects, used to composite/time animation drawings.

http://www.apple.com/ilife/ <= iMovie and Garage Band were used for video and audio editing (MAC)

http://www.animationmeat.com/ – storyboard sheets to download and print.

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Dec
23
2007

Coraline Teaser video

by Brian

The Draw! blog has a short clip of the upcoming stop motion animated film from the book by Neil Gaiman Coraline and is directed by Henry (Nightmear Before Christmas) Selick. The voices included Dekota Fanning, John Hodgman, and Teri Hatcher and will have music/songs from They Might Be Giants. Wow! The stop motion film is also being shot to be shown in 3D IMAX.

CHECK IT OUT HERE!

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Nov
12
2007