But sometimes you might just want to make it up as you go and that’s also completely fine. A storyboard will help you when animating as it shows you exactly how and where your character will move. After you have written your script, the next thing that you will want to do is draw a storyboard. Once you have written your script you should print it out (if you have written it on a computer). When writing a script, you should write the dialogue and also basic directions to help you when animating. There are a few things that you need to do before you start animating. Whether it be with blue tack, tape or even weights just make sure that its stable! Lastly if you’re ever making as wall make sure that you aren’t putting bricks right on top of each other rather by locking them together like actual real-life bricks so that its more difficult to knock over. Also, I think this is a no-brainer but I’ll mention it anyway, MAKE SURE THAT YOUR SET IS SECURED TO YOUR TABLE!!!!!!!! I can’t stress this enough. For example, if you are building a wall, the back of it can have stickers, be poking out or even be a SNOT piece as long as the front looks good. You aren’t building a MOC so as long as the camera can’t see it, it can look as ugly as can be. One rule to keep in mind is only build what the camera sees. Then all you need to do is import a photo and find a blue or green piece of card and use it as a background and then you’ll be all set! Obviously, you just select the “Green Screen” option and it will be turned on. There you will see three options “Camera”, “Green Screen” and “Remote Camera”. If you are using stop motion studio pro you can activate this feature by going into the camera and press the controls button and go to the furthest left tab. Green screen is a very complex tool to use in animation, but if you use it well, it can give you a very clean looking background. I do have a few more things though, the first is green screen. There isn’t much more I can say here as I covered almost everything in the last animation article. These also work really well in street lights. These are good if you have any modular sets because they are specifically made to fit perfectly in the set. Another thing that you can do is use custom lighting kits from companies like Light My Bricks or Elegant Bricks. You can buy this material at any arts and crafts store or you could even use sweet wrappers like the plastic on quality street chocolates if you’re in the UK. The first thing you can do is use see through plastic to create lighting. Firstly, I want to clarify that a normal three-point system is completely fine and looks great, but if you want to match a scene from a movie or have super professional lighting then these can come in handy. Now that you have a three-point lighting system, it’s time that you learn some other ways to light your set. If you haven’t already, make sure to check out my last animation blog post where I teach you the basics of animation. If you know the basics of stop motion animation, but want to make your animations the best that they can be, then you’re in luck because I’m about to teach you some advanced techniques.
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