Animation

"How To"

Stop Motion and Clay Animation

Claymation Station
http://library.thinkquest.org/22316/home.html (made by kids)

How To Do Clay Animated Gifs http://home.neb.rr.com/monarchrose/animation.htm

Claymation Made Easy http://education.wichita.edu/claymation/default.html

Building Armature

Professional Sites 

Aardman http://www.aardman.com/  Nick Park is the creator of two adorable creatures, Wallace and Gromit, is world renown for his expertise in clay animation. He began clay animating at a very young age and has worked his way up slowly to his professional status. While working at Aardmann Animations his unique characters have appeared in three short films, "A Grand Day Out " (1992), "The Wrong Trousers" (1993), and "A Close Shave" (1995). Each of his Wallace & Gromit films has won him an Academy Award.  His company also did “Chicken Run”.

Vinton Studios  http://www.laika.com/    Go to the Reel Show

John Lemmon Films http://www.jlf.com/homepage.html

Atom Films http://www.atomfilms.com

Loose Moose http://www.loosemoose.net/  

Pixar http://www.pixar.com/index.html (not claymation; computer animation)

Gumby World http://www.gumbyworld.com/index2.html

The Founder of Stop Motion Animation: Ladislas Starewicz http://www.awn.com/heaven_and_hell/STARE/stare1.htm

History of Claymation
 

Fun Films and Silly Stills

Gallery http://www.animateclay.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=gallery&file=index

Claymation at PWC look for “The Fly” http://www.pwc.k12.nf.ca/projects/claymation/

Stop Motion Pro Gallery—look for “Fun” http://www.stopmotionpro.com/gallery1.htm

Free or Trial Software

Anasazi Stop Motion Animator  

Gif Animators http://www.gifworks.com/

Stop Motion Pro (30 day free trial) http://stopmotionpro.com

Storyboard Pro http://www.atomiclearning.com/freestoryboard.shtml Allows you to do storyboards to plan video projects, does not do the animation.

Software We are Using: Video Blender $ http://www.tech4learning.com/claykit/index.html