Make Your Own Stop-Motion Animation:
Party Night (for Grown-Ups)
Friday, March 31
Whitcomb’s Arts
As of 3/20, class is full! If you’d like to get on the waiting list for this one or for the next Stop-Motion Animation Party, please email: whitcombsarts@thegrangehall.info.
Limit of 12 participants
$10 fee, pay at the door.
You will enter the magical world of stop-motion animation and CREATE YOUR VERY OWN SHORT FILM… while hanging out with friends and enjoying wine or seltzer. No experience needed. Technical support and materials provided. Just bring your phone (iPhone or Android) or iPad/Tablet. We’ll end the evening with popcorn and a very short film festival of everyone’s work!
Hosting the party is Laurie House, who recently learned stop motion animation in order to teach it to kids. She was shocked how fun and easy it’s become with new technology. If you can take a picture with your phone or swipe through your Facebook feed, you can do this. Creating Stop Motion Animations can also be a wonderful way to connect with the youngsters in your life.
There will be a variety of materials to play with at the party. We’ll have clay for Claymation, tinfoil for little figures, dark chalk for drawing and colored paper to cut into shapes for those with an abstract bent. For backdrops, we will provide poster board, watercolors, whiteboards and oil and chalk pastels. We’ll also provide miscellaneous props, though feel free to bring any from home that spur your imagination. Anything can serve as a prop (a dish, flowers, pine branches…) or be animated (fruit, matches, old jewelry….). It’s best if they are under 8 inches.
Please bring your smartphone (iPhone or Android) or iPad or Tablet.
Software Download:
You will need to download the Stop Motion Studio PRO App (or Studio PRO 2) onto your smartphone or tablet, either at home or at the beginning of the class. It MUST be the PRO version, which costs $9.99.
Link to Stop Motion Studio Pro 2
For reference, here’s a few examples of simple pieces and techniques.
More advanced videos for inspiration (Many more on YouTube)