ID410BKK
Stop Motion Animation
Faculty
Dina Amin
Founder at Tinker Studio
Course length
Duration
Total hours
Credits
Language
Course type
Fee for single course
Fee for degree students
Skills you’ll learn
Overview
In this course students will learn the whole stop motion process from start to finish. We focus on both the creative aspect of stop motion as well as the technical side. Students will learn how to come up with ideas and how to execute said ideas and bring them to life. We’ll learn more technical lessons about animation principles and laws of light, students will get to explore different mediums of stop motion like claymation, pixilation, light animation and found objects.
Learning highlights
- Learn the fundamentals of Stop motion Animation.
- Learn how to come up with ideas.
- Learn laws of light and animation principles.
- Experiment with different Stop Motion mediums.
- Learn how to develop and progress in a skill.
Course outline
15 classes
Session 1
Lecture: How to come up with ideas? Exercise 1: limitation. How Stop motion studio App works? Animation 1: Explore the app, animate anything!
Session 2
Animation 2: Animate one idea from the brainstorm session.
Session 3
Lecture: History of stop motion animation and its different mediums. Exercise 2: Find your intersections, choose an object, and think of ideas.
Session 4
Animation 3: Animate your idea with your object or material.
Session 5
Week review: Present your 3 animations.
Session 6
Lecture: Principles of Animation. Animation 4: Coin ease in/ease out. Coin as another object/animal.
Session 7
Animation 5: Explore more principles Claymation animation following 2-3 animation principles.
Session 8
Lecture: Laws of Light. Animation 6: Animate with Light.
Session 9
Animation 7: Group animation Pixilation!
Session 10
Week review: Present your 3 animations.
Session 11
Lecture: Stop motion Animation Pipeline. Storyboard, animatic and Block animation. Exercise 3: Brainstorm session.
Session 12
Animation 8: Animate your idea!
Session 13
Lecture: Editing and Sound Design Animation 8: Animate your idea (contd)
Session 14
Animation 8: Animate your idea (contd).
Session 15
Week review: Present your 3 animations.
Methodology
Lectures on the basics twice a week followed by an animation exercise.
Learning by practice; students will produce a total of 9 stop motion animations in different mediums.
Presentations on the final day of the week; students present their class animations and learn how to document their processes to build a portfolio.
Final project.
Grading
dina A. Amin is a stop motion artist and a maker from Cairo, Egypt. She completed her B.A. (Hons) in Industrial Design in Malaysia. Although trained as a Product Designer, dina loves to explore the intersections between various disciplines.
In 2016, dina started a side project called ‘Tinker Friday’ on Instagram, where she combined her passion for product design and stop motion with her views on consumerism. In this stop motion series, dina shows people what’s inside the countless things they throw away, in unusual ways. dina continues to tinker, making new items out of old ones, constantly telling stories and showing people things in a completely different way.
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Stop Motion Animation
by Dina Amin
Total hours
45 Hours
Dates
Mar 13 - Mar 31, 2023
Fee for single course
€1500
Fee for degree students
€750
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FAQ
Will I receive a certificate after completion?
Yes. Upon completion of the course, you will receive a certificate signed by the director of the program your course belonged to.
Do I need a visa?
This depends on your case. Please check with the Spanish or Thai consulate in your country of residence about visa requirements. We will do our part to provide you with the necessary documents, such as the Certificate of Enrollment.
Can I get a discount?
Yes. The easiest way to enroll in a course at a discounted price is to register for multiple courses. Registering for multiple courses will reduce the cost per individual course. Please ask the Admissions Office for more information about the other kinds of discounts we offer and what you can do to receive one.