Stop Motion: Frame by Frame Animation
A course by user183003 surname183003 , Animators
Joined February 2015
Create your own animated film with modeling clay, sand, or cutouts
Create your own animated film with modeling clay, sand, or cutouts
Together, Goya award-winning musician, composer, and animator Coke Riobóo and Lourdes Villagómez, animation director and producer who has worked for Fundación Telefónica and the Reina Sofía Museum, teach you different stop motion techniques so you can make your own films at home, with homemade materials and without the need for a large budget.
What will you learn in this online course?
19 lessons & 14 downloads
- 99% positive reviews (291)
- 6,317 students
- 19 lessons (3h 41m)
- 14 additional resources (3 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish
- Spanish · English · Portuguese
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
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DragonframeWhat is this course's project?
Create a bumper or short animation (10-20 seconds long) using the technique and theme of your choice. It could be an animated note, an event announcement, a piece of microfiction—the choice is yours!
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Artists, illustrators, students, and creatives in general, who want to set their ideas in motion and create their own films without a large budget or expensive production equipment.
Requirements and materials
No previous experience with drawing, modeling, or sculpture is necessary to take the course, although basic notions of photography, digital retouching, and video and audio editing would make for more professional results.
In terms of materials, you need a series of household objects. You also need aluminum wire, but you can also substitute for some common materials you already have on hand.
As for equipment, it's essential to have a worktable, a computer, a camera (web or any digital camera), a tripod, and a couple of homemade lights.
During the course, you work with the Dragonframe program, but your teachers also give several different software options for capturing the frames, editing them, and adding audio.
Reviews
A course by user183003 surname183003
Coke Riobóo is a musician, composer, and animator. He has directed and animated four short films, an internet series, and several commercial projects for clients such as Televisión Española, Movistar, Imagenio, and Ecoembes.
He has also composed the soundtracks for numerous short films and three feature films as well as won a Goya award for El Viaje de Said (2006) and been nominated for a Goya for Made in Spain (2013).
Lourdes Villagómez is an independent animation director and producer. She studied experimental animation at CalArts in Los Angeles and her work has been exhibited in various festivals, museums, and galleries around the world.
She has produced projects for clients such as Fundación Telefónica and the Reina Sofía Museum and was nominated for the Ariel Award for her short film Síndrome de Línea Blanca (2006).
Together, in 2008, they created the L.I.A. (Laboratorio de Imagen Animada), a traveling workshop in which they teach animation around the world.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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Presentation
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Coke & influences
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Lourdes & influences
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Brief personal history of stop motion
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U2
Beginning lesson
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Basic concepts of animation
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Materials and tools
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Animation software
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U3
Let's do it
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Create a story concept and storyboard
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Characters and sets
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Animation of objects I
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Animation of objects II
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Animation of cut-outs I
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Animation of cutouts II
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Animation with cutouts III
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Animation of sand and plasticine on glass I / I
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Animation of sand and plasticine on glass I / II
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Animation of sand and plasticine on glass II / I
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Animation of sand and plasticine on glass II / II
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U4
Final recommendations
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How to look for grants and festivals
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FP
Final project
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Stop Motion: frame by frame animation
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FAQs
Domestika's courses are online classes that provide you with the tools and skills you need to complete a specific project. Every step of the project combines video lessons with complementary instructional material, so you can learn by doing. Domestika's courses also allow you to share your own projects with the teacher and with other students, creating a dynamic course community.
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PlusI think the course is well structured, short and with just the right amount of information. But it is not enough information to achieve something of quality.
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Excellent... professionals who do not hold back anything they know...
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An excellent course designed for those who really want to start working with stop motion. Great teaching method.
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I'm still in the early stages of the course but I think it's fantastic. I have done some stop motion before and wanted to do this as a refresher, its perfect. Lourdes and Coke are excellent at explaining things in a straight forward way and make everything seem possible. Their inspirations and book lists have been invaluble, really comprehensive. They are diligent at encouraging an individual approach using their starting points to support you.
very good course, thank you so much
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Excellent academic work. Congratulations to both of you. We use it for our university in the Audiovisual Direction and Production degree. The students are very grateful for their easy and harmonious development.
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