Based on a world-class curriculum and cutting-edge industry practices, Stop Motion Filmmaking offers step-by-step instruction in everything from puppet making and studio set-up to animation and filmmaking. Reflecting exciting advancements in the medium, animator and educator Christopher Walsh focuses closely on digital filmmaking techniques, and offers specific instruction for creating 3D designed and printed puppet components as well as hand-crafted elements. The book is enriched by exclusive online content in the form of detailed tutorials and examples, and by dynamic sidebars and inserts.Further accented by interviews with leading professionals from both the independent and major studio worlds, Stop Motion Filmmaking is designed for dedicated students of the art form, and provides invaluable training for any serious artist who is driven to bring frame-by-frame worlds to life through puppet animation.

AcknowledgementsIntroductionPart 1 - Puppet FabricationChapter 1: An Introduction to Stop-Motion PuppetsChapter 2: Character DesignChapter 3: Fabricating the InsideChapter 4: Fabricating the Outside: Part 1Chapter 5: Fabricating the Outside: Part 2Chapter 6: The CostumePart 2 - The StudioChapter 7: Physical SpaceChapter 8: LightingChapter 9: CameraPart 3- AnimationChapter 10: Before AnimatingChapter 11: Introductory ExercisesChapter 12: Advanced ExercisesChapter 13: Animating DialogueChapter 14: Putting it All Together: The Showcase ShotPart 4- Making a FilmChapter 15: Pre-ProductionChapter 16: ProductionChapter 17: Post-ProductionChapter 18: Distribution and ExhibitionConclusionFurther ReadingIndex