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Quick Guide for Claymation    

 

  1. Plan your project. Decide on topics.
  2. Divide your class into teams of 4 or 5.
  3. Begin the planning and brainstorming for story
  4. Create storyboard of project
  5. Teacher should check storyboard before students begin projects.
  6. Create sketches of sets and characters.
  7. Create armatures for characters.
  8. Add clay to characters. Create detachable parts. Store characters in boxes to ensure safety!
  9. Create sets.
  10. Set up cameras and take test shots.
  11. Check test shots on computer to look for set flaws and lighting issues.
  12. Take shots of characters moving them slightly to create animations. (Approximately 30 shots for 10 seconds of film)
  13. Import images into iPhoto (or other software). Create a folder in iPhoto for the images. You can remove wires from images using the retouch brush at this time.
  14. Create a new iMovie project.
  15. Using the media tab, bring in all images at one time at the setting of 0:00:03 frames.
  16. Add titles and credits to your movie.
  17. Send movie to iDVD to create final project.