Set in Motion

The animated short “Set in Motion” (above) was created as a final outcome which was used to explore certain techniques further and to present ideas learnt through the project’s research. This animation was filmed during March – April 2016 with pre-production beginning in January alongside other research such as literature review and animation analyses.

Practical Work

Various materials tests were created throughout the year, initially to identify unique traits of stop motion and later to explore the materials and movement qualities of stop motion animation.

Development

My honours year at at Abertay University involved undertaking a research project. My project aim was to explore the stylistic affordances and unique traits of stop motion, in particular materials and movement, in order to better understand the medium’s appeal to animators and audiences.

My project initially explored different materials through short animation tests and experiments. Through evaluation and relation to the literature and film research I was conducting, I identified various techniques such as texture, pixilation and movement quality that enhance stop motion animation. These techniques and traits became the focus of my project and I discussed these further in my written dissertation

A project blog was written throughout the year which can be viewed here.

Dissertation PDF [1.4 MB]

Stop Motion Animation
Video Production