Stop Motion

What was the hardest rule to come up with an animation for? Why?

The hardest rule to come up with an animation for was Straight Ahead and Pose to Pose. These are more behind the scenes methods of production, and if you make your video well, hopefully the viewer can't tell how it was made. We had to do the opposite, and try to explain how we used a production method while making a short video.

What was the easiest? Why?

The easiest rule was Squash and Stretch. Almost any action can involve some squashing and stretching of objects, so we could make an animation of almost anything we wanted and we could demonstrate this rule.

What do you think of stop motion? (2 sentences or more)

Stop motion allows for the creation of some really neat videos that could not be created in any other way, but making a high quality video that is a reasonable length takes a huge amount of time. If you put the commitment and time into making a stop motion video, they can look really interesting and unique.


I didn't get a chance to finish Solid Drawing, but if I had, I would have used a whiteboard, and shown the process of sketching a very simple, 2D character. Then I would have added perspective details to make the character more 3D