SESSION 4: LIMERICK STOP-FRAME ANIMATION

ANIMATION SESSION 3: Cutout Animation / Limerick Exercise PART 1

Long Road student music video (2008)

Limerick Cutout Animation Exercise

In your groups animate your chosen limerick using drawn cutouts on an A3 drawn / painted background.

Plan the project using the planning grid.

GROUP 1 - Abi, Ellen, Hazal & Jack

GROUP 2 - Sam H, Sam Mc & Will Ho

GROUP 3 - Annabel & Faye

GROUP 4 - Dave, Isaac, Jackson, Jay & Tom

GROUP 5 - Aaron, Robert, Will C & Pheonix

GROUP 6 - Will L

DODU - THE CARDBOARD BOY (2010)

ANIMATION SESSION 3: Stop Frame Animation Practitioner 1 - PES

Fresh Guacamole - PES 2012
In January 2013, Fresh Guacamole was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. It is the shortest film ever nominated for an Oscar. 

An early influence on PES's animation style is the work of Czech surrealist Jan Švankmajer.

Western Spaghetti - PES 2008



Game Over - PES 2006

ANIMATION SESSION 3: Stop Frame Animation Practitioner 2 - SUMO SCIENCE

Gulp - The making of video (2011).

'Gulp' is a short film created by Sumo Science at Aardman, depicting a fisherman going about his daily catch. 

Shot on location at Pendine Beach in South Wales, every frame of this stop-motion animation was shot using a Nokia N8, with its 12 megapixel camera and Carl Zeiss optics. 

The film has broken a world record for the 'largest stop-motion animation set', with the largest scene stretching over 11,000 square feet.

Animation Practitioners:

SUMO SCIENCE

Ed Patterson & Will Studd are an award winning directing duo specializing in different forms of animation. Together they are Sumo Science, their aim is to create a fresh mix of styles using elements of stop-motion, puppetry, 2D and live-action.

They are currently represented by Aardman Animations and have directed a range of commercials for clients such as Innocent Orange Juice, Weetabix, KP, Hellmans and Nokia.

Their biggest success to date is for Nokia with the film 'Dot.' The spot went on to win 15 major advertising awards as well as claiming a Guiness World Record for the smallest stop-motion character in a film. It has become a huge success online with nearly 3 million hits.

They have recently finished another film for Nokia called 'Gulp.' This film is currently enjoying rapid success online and has claimed another world record for the largest animation set.

Sumo Science @ Vimeo

Sumo Science Website 

ANIMATION SESSION 1 & 2: Stop Frame Animation Exercise

Stop Frame Animation Task:

Group 1: Box of DICE

3P1(GREEN) - GROUP 1 BOX STOP FRAME ANIMATION from Long Road Applied Media Diploma on Vimeo.

Group 2: Box of MARBLES

3P1(GREEN) - GROUP 2 BOX STOP FRAME ANIMATION from Long Road Applied Media Diploma on Vimeo.

Group 3: Box of DOMINOES

3P1(GREEN) - GROUP 3 BOX STOP FRAME ANIMATION from Long Road Applied Media Diploma on Vimeo.

Group 4: Box of CARDS

3P1(GREEN) - GROUP 4 BOX STOP FRAME ANIMATION from Long Road Applied Media Diploma on Vimeo.

Group 5: Box of CHINESE CHECKERS

3P1(GREEN) - GROUP 5 BOX STOP FRAME ANIMATION from Long Road Applied Media Diploma on Vimeo.

VIMEO ALBUM - CLICK HERE

ANIMATION SESSION 1: Stop Frame Animation Practitioner 1 - Jan Svankmajer

BIO

One of the great Czech filmmakers, 
JAN SVANKMAJER was born in 1934 in Prague where he still lives. 

He trained at the Institute of Applied Arts from 1950 to 1954 and then at the Prague Academy of Performing Arts (Department of Puppetry). 

Svankmajer made his first film in 1964 and for over thirty years has made some of the most memorable and unique animated films ever made, gaining a reputation as one of the world's foremost animators, and influencing filmmakers from Tim Burton to The Brothers Quay.

Checkout the JAN SVANKMAJER website HERE

Darkness Light Darkness 1989



In 1987 Svankmajer completed his first feature film, ALICE, an adaptation of Alice in
Wonderland.



A Game with Stones extract 1965