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Research the Process and history of Claymation:

 

http://library.thinkquest.org/22316/home.html

  1. Go to the above address and view the flat 2-d claymation
  2. Go to  How-To web sites and select  Claymation Station
  3. Download  to play the movie
  4. View the animation
  5. click on history
  6. click on clay Kings, Will Vinton studios and answer the questions on your sheet.
  7. click on Current Clay, Wallace and Gromit and answer the questions on your sheet.
  8. Next go to So You Wanna Try this and follow  the steps to getting started.  Look at your worksheet.
  9. Go back to the top and go to Basics and follow more directions and the process.  Look at your worksheet

10.Go back to the top and go to Detail and  skim over it.

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Clay Animation Information Sheet

Name____________________________________

Black or gold

 

  1. Techniqually clay animation started with the invention of what material?

 

 

  1. Who was one of the first clay super characters?  Who was the characters creator?

 

 

  1. What film was created in 1908 and is considered the first real clay animation?

 

 

Clay Kings, Will Vinton studios

 

  1. What are Will Vinton’s most famous characters?

 

 

  1. In 1987 Will Vinton created a documentary, explaining the process of what?

 

 

  1. The animators may reshape a character how many times in 1 minute?

 

 

  1. Each second of film contains how many frames?

 

 

  1. So how many times would you reshape a character for 3 sections of film?

 

 

Wallace and Gromit

 

  1. Who created Wallace and Gromit?

 

 

  1. What are the three animations titled?

 

 

 

So You Wanna Try This

 

  1. What is the most important part of the movie?

 

 

  1. First step is to do what?

 

 

  1. Second he designed a ____________________________.

 

 

  1. To take pictures you will need a_______________________ and make sure you have plenty of ___________________________.

 

 

  1. To make your characters  stand out your  set and props should be designed how?

 

 

  1. What advice did you get about lighting that looks useful?

 

 

  1. How many frames do they suggest for a character to walk across a room?

 

 

  1. How many frames do they suggest for a blinking eye?

 

 

  1. When they tried to change the mouth for dialogue it altered the head too much. What solution did they come up with.

 

 

  1. What where the wires used for in the editing section?

 

 

  1. What program do you think will best work for editing our frames before animating them.

 

Getting started in Clay Animation The Basics

Preparation

  1. You need an idea for three things to get started.  What are they?

 

 

  1. What is the storyboard for?

 

Creating Your character

  1. What good advice do they give for starting a character?

 

Props and background setting

25.What advice do they give for the setting if you want to keep your focus on the character?

 

 

  1. What advice do they give for colors?