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This is stop #3 on the Klutz Book of Animation Blog Tour! The Klutz Book of Animation teaches anyone with a computer, camera, internet connection and a little bit of creativity how to create their own stop-motion animated films. Step-by-step instructions show you how to create a variety of different classic stop motion special effects, and the book includes everything you’ll need, from practical instruction to ready-to-shoot scripts. The software you’ll need is available as a free download, ready to use on any computer (PC or Mac). Attached to the book is a piece of low-tech, non-toxic clay, which you can mold into the star of your film!
If you’ve seen the classic movie “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer”, you’ve seen a stop motion movie. The basic technique involves taking a picture of something, then moving it (or some part of it) a tiny bit, taking another picture, and so on. Once you stitch all those pictures together, you get a stop-motion film.
I knew the basics of stop-motion animation, but what I learned from The Klutz Book of Animation is the terms for specific types of it. For example, Pixilation is a technique that makes people move “like magic”, and Rotoscoping turns the still images into animation.
Each stop on this blog tour corresponds to a section of the book. Mine is called “No Handed Eating”, which teaches you how to make it look like a someone invisible is eating a sandwich and drinking a glass of juice. Klutz made me my very own sample video so I could show all of you what kind of “No Handed Eating” you could make following the step-by-step instructions in the book. Check it out!
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In addition to the directions, which are very well illustrated, the book also includes several pages of punch-outs including costumes for your clay figure and mouths you can attach to fruit to make it look like it’s talking. Kids will love this!
WIN IT: Thanks to Klutz, I have a prize pack of fun books to give away to one Table for Five reader. Open to U.S. mailing addresses only.
One (1) Winner will receive:
* a copy of The Klutz Book of Animation
* a copy ofThe Klutz Book of Magic
* a copy of Klutz’ Rubber Band Powered Flying Machines
* a copy of Klutz’ Battery Science!
Retail value of prize pack: $79.80
HOW TO ENTER: Leave a comment on this post telling me your idea for a homemade stop-motion video. Would you mold a clay superhero? Make a paper cut-out appear to fly? Use your imagination! You must do this before any bonus entries will be counted.
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Tomorrow, please stop by the next blog in the tour, Tree, Root, and Twig. She’s running the same giveaway so you’ll have even more changes to win! Thanks for entering and good luck everybody!
disclosure: I received The Klutz Book of Animation free for review. No other compensation was received.
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Wow, can’t wait to get this book for my kid, he would love it, he really enjoys watching magicians, well, I guess every kid enjoys that
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Love this video!! Too Cute. My nephews would LOVE this book!
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I would make a paper cutout appear to fly. Cool!
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I would take some of my sons action heroes and make a whole story with them doing things. I think he would find it funny
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This book really sounds like so much fun. I love the idea of the claymations. I also would like to take my kids dolls, both Barbie & GI Joes and make a movie with them.
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My son would love to make a Star Wars lightsaber battle using Stop -Motion.
I would put clay figures that look like my kids in different positions to make it look like they were dancing.
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My daughter wants to animate paper butterflys
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It would be really fun to make a stop-motion video with my kid’s toys like Lego men or My Little Ponies!
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I would use Slinkys and have them seem like they are going up the stairs to invade the family bathrooms and attack the plunger in the toilet using backward animation lol.
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I think a neat idea for a stop motion movie would be to make a complicated dinner recipie and show how it is made. Thanks for the chance, justicecw@hotmail.com
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My daughter would make a movie about the day of the dogs and animate all her stuffed animals with stop motion. She loves playing with them.
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I would make a flying bat out of paper. Bats are so awesome, they’re like dogs and birds combined!
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Claymation like in Wallace and Grommit – that fascinates me
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I think it would be fun to do a stop-motion video of a flower blooming or a tree losing it’s leaves!
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I would try something theme related with the Holidays coming up I would make soemthing like a dancing snowman or something silly like that.
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I would take all of the favorite stuffed animals we have and make a video where they “come to life” in a fun adventure. This would be great!
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I think we would probably use our Star Wars action figures, Legos, or origami to make a stop motion animation. Would be a blast!!!
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I would build a house from legos for my animation.
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My daughters have the vintage polly pocket dolls from the early 1990s where the dolls are about an inch tall and there are about 20 different fun buildings for them. I would love to help them create a stop animation video using those.
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As the mom of girls, I would probably help them make a polly pocket shopping trip stop animation video where they try on different outfits to find the right one.
I would do a stop action video of my son builiding with his Legos
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I would turn these over to my 15 yr old and set him free. He’s always swiping my camera to make some kind of movie. It’d be great to see what he could come up with
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I would try to make a paper figure look like its flying. Hmm… gonna have to try it out now
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I think it would be interesting to see oragami animals done in a stop motion film
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We have 9 cats , so i’m think a claymation wad of catnip named Mr. Nips that gets batted, pawed and pounced on by the cats.
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I would make a stop motion of cats taking over the world!
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