CLAYMATIONCLAYMATION

With Just Clay And A Camera, With Just Clay And A Camera, You Can Create A Whole New You Can Create A Whole New

World!World!

Draw up some clay Draw up some clay characters (don’t characters (don’t make them too make them too hard to make)hard to make)

Get one colour of Get one colour of clay and make a clay and make a prototypeprototype

After that its time After that its time to make a real oneto make a real one

Before doing any of Before doing any of this, you should this, you should practice making practice making shapes with different shapes with different sizes(rember to make sizes(rember to make different colours by different colours by mixing them)mixing them)

It takes years of It takes years of practice to make a practice to make a claymation like claymation like Wallace and Gromit Wallace and Gromit so keep tryingso keep trying

Armatures are like Armatures are like skletons for your skletons for your clay characters to clay characters to help them move help them move without brakeingwithout brakeing

Professional Professional armatures are armatures are really dear so make really dear so make one yourself out of one yourself out of coat hanger wirecoat hanger wire

Then you get a Then you get a camera and take camera and take one picture of your one picture of your charactercharacter

You slightly move You slightly move your character and your character and take another picturetake another picture

You keep moving it You keep moving it and taking pictures and taking pictures until it reaches it’s until it reaches it’s destinationdestination

• When you play all of the pictures back When you play all of the pictures back together in order together in order (WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT!!!!)(WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT!!!!)

• And your character(s) appears to be And your character(s) appears to be moving.moving.

• You can find lots of free stop-motion You can find lots of free stop-motion programs all over the web. Such as: programs all over the web. Such as: Monkey Jam and Windows Movie Maker if Monkey Jam and Windows Movie Maker if you have a windows computeryou have a windows computer

• We’d recommend Windows Movie Maker We’d recommend Windows Movie Maker because we haven’t had any problems because we haven’t had any problems with it. But whatever works for you.with it. But whatever works for you.

You can also find lots of You can also find lots of other stop-motion other stop-motion programs on the web programs on the web that start from $70. Still that start from $70. Still we’d recommend free we’d recommend free programs, but if your programs, but if your willing to pay, then go willing to pay, then go right ahead! On page 5 right ahead! On page 5 of this power point, we of this power point, we have a picture of the have a picture of the whole layout of Stop-whole layout of Stop-motion pro.motion pro.

The top picture is The top picture is Windows Movie Maker Windows Movie Maker and the bottom picture and the bottom picture is when your first is when your first putting on your pictures putting on your pictures on Monkey Jamon Monkey Jam

Try making your Try making your own stopmotions own stopmotions and don’t get and don’t get annoyed if it annoyed if it dosen’t work, it dosen’t work, it takes time!!!takes time!!!

It took 6 years for It took 6 years for the Wallace and the Wallace and Gromit creator, Nick Gromit creator, Nick Park to make their Park to make their first film!first film!

It’s really fun when It’s really fun when it works! Try it works! Try making your own making your own YouTube account YouTube account to store all your to store all your animationsanimations

Once you make Once you make your character, you your character, you don’t have to be don’t have to be finished. You can finished. You can always keep always keep adding to it or adding to it or taking things offtaking things off

Now, sit back, relax Now, sit back, relax and celebrate that and celebrate that you made your first you made your first movie!movie!

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Text and pictures by: Glen Walker Text and pictures by: Glen Walker and Karl O’ Roweand Karl O’ Rowe

Ideas by Glen and KarlIdeas by Glen and Karl