Archive for October 28th, 2014
Stop Motion Workshop with Robert Lyons
Animation Table
In mid-October, I attended a workshop titled “Experiencing Stop Motion with Robert Lyons” at Pratt and it was a great introduction to starting a stop motion studio on a tight budget.
The puppets were made from a range of materials such as : steel armature wire 9 gauge for 6-8 inch puppets that can be braided using a drill and vice for skeleton, Super Sculpey for flesh, Pro-Poxy for hard sections that will be drilled into such as the feet and to help support the puppets – Matthews Microgrip painted in chroma key green.
Animation Puppets
And for the stop motion production, Robert presented the following equipment:
Canon T3i Rebel
Camera: Canon T3i Rebel, EOS HD
Motion Control: DitoGear OmniSlider track which costs $2916 which includes the DragonBridge pictured below to control movement of the slider from the software.
Software: Dragonframe Stop Motion
Dragon Bridge Controller
In the studio, a traditional head mount is used for the camera with customized protractor to measure the degrees of rotation. A great addition to the studio would be the DitoGear™ OmniHead at $2,721.89
Above the table mounted to the ceiling is a light grid.
Light Grid