Saturday, September 1, 2012

Stop Motion Animation Outline

Case Study- Week 1

  • Visual Effects
    • Effect done through the camera.
  • Camera
  • Puppet Fabrication 
    • Design, armature machining, sculpting, mold-making, casting, painting, detailing.
  • Post-Production
    • Film Compositing
      • Split screen matte shot
      • Traveling matte
    • Digital Compositing
      • Alpha Channel (makes any part of an image transparent and allows another image layered behind it to show through).
      • Masks
    • Green Screen
      • Blue/green screen
        • Live action and stop motion
        • Optical Matte shots/ video
  • Advanced Compositing
    • Digital Cinematography
    • Matte Painting
    • 3D Environment
  • Effects
    • Removing elements or creating effects