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Stop Motion — STM

Puppets, armatures, miniatures and patience — a film made by hand, one frame at a time.

115 lessons · 82 channels · 29h 16m · Production

Start here

Adam Savage Learns How Modern Stop-Motion Puppets Are Made — Adam Savage’s Tested · 14m · Advanced
How to Make Wire Armatures for Stop Motion Puppets — Animateclay · 53m · Intermediate
How Animators Created Oscar-Winning Stop Motion In Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | Vanity Fair — Vanity Fair · 13m · Advanced
The Ray Harryhausen Chronicles (1998) — The JDP Channel · 58m · Advanced
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman | Documentary — Aardman · 59m · Intermediate
Andy Gent on Crafting 1,100 Puppets for Wes Anderson's Isle of Dogs | D&AD Festival 2024 — D&AD - Creative Advertising, Design and Digital · 10m · Advanced
Behind the Scenes - Animating 1 Frame in Real Time — Andymation · 15m · Advanced
Behind the Scenes of ParaNorman: Hand-Making Characters | LAIKA Studios — LAIKA Studios · 6m · Advanced
Inside the Stop-Motion Technology of Laika's Coraline — Adam Savage’s Tested · 18m · Advanced
Dragonslayer (1981) | Behind the Scenes — DVDXtras · 81m · Advanced
How Stop-Motion Movies Are Animated at Aardman | WIRED — WIRED · 8m · Beginner
Pinocchio director Guillermo del Toro on the joy of hand-crafted animation | BFI in Conversation — BFI · 61m · Advanced
How to Get Rid of Flicker in Stop Motion Animation — Not Triangles · 14m · Intermediate
Star Wars Visual Effects, from AT-ATs to Tauntauns — Star Wars · 11m · Intermediate
The Evolution of Motion Control with Christopher Covel & Steve Switaj | LAIKA Archives — LAIKA Studios · 13m · Advanced

Topics

Stop Motion Basics — 16 lessons
Stop Motion History — 19 lessons
Studio Stories — 27 lessons
Puppets & Armatures — 23 lessons
Sets & Miniatures — 6 lessons
Faces & Lip Sync — 1 lessons
Lighting & Camera — 11 lessons
Dragonframe & Software — 11 lessons
Animating — 17 lessons
Stop Motion Styles — 14 lessons
Rigging & Compositing — 5 lessons

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