work in progress

I decided to do a set inspired in my great aunts kitchen. I have no photos to show but I will post some sketches soon. The main itens will be a kitchen balcony, a table with few chairs, a fireplace with a "wooden sofa" and a staircase (the main challenge). The overall atmosphere will be "old and empty". The set will include a small window in a high position in one of the walls and 2 doors (the kitchen door and one at the top of the stairs), which probably don't need to be movable.

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example
example 2
painting floorboards
building staircase

research on stop-motion and sets

Some things to think about after doing research...

stop-motion
- hand drawn
- claymation
- sand animation
- cutout animation
- pixilation

planning the set
- what is the set for?
- with/without characters?
- indoor/outdoor?
- scale
- materials
- tools
- removable walls?
- pins/magnets to hold the characters?

creative decisions
- realistic +/-
- color
- mood
- materials


Here is some online research:






Some nice playfull sets and an example of an outdoor set.
maniera's flickr





An example of a simple set, just floor and background. In the blog, the process of making this and other sets, props and characters is described. Useful tips.
woollymonster



A different approach to the "classic claymation", uses the clay stylistic properties. Full animation here.



Animation with set and characters made from paper. See here


Another website with some tips:
http://www.movingimageeducation.org/create/production/animation/types/stop-motion-model

animation module

I needed to create a blog for the Animation module so I decided to bring this one back to life! I will post my progress, things I find a long the way, and pages from my sketchbook.