Yes: I have learned the fundamentals about stop-motion animations and have begun to create my own. I have learned that stop-motions are basically made of clay models or puppets or Legos or other forms of 3 dimensional materials that are then painted or decorated to make more detailed. They have been used in many types of movies, but mainly forms of cartoons. Back when green screens and green dots had not been discovered to alter people's appearances into grotesque creatures and monsters, directors and producers used stop-motion animation. I mean, look at King Kong...the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park...the AT-AT Walkers on Hoth in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. All were many, many times smaller in real life than they were in the actual films. They were made out of clay and other materials, then painted and decorated to looks extremely realistic, then incorporated into their movies. (Or, the sets were done as stop-motions and the actors and actresses were incorporated in.)
What research has informed your now deeper understanding of your topic?
I have read the good majority of my book, A Century of Stop Motion Animation, by Ray Harryhausen from which I learned the majority of what I learned. Also, I have watched a few Brickfilms on YouTube so that I can see what the end product should be because right now my current project is 'filming'...or putting together a Brickfilm myself.
Where do you plan to go with your research in the coming days? Weeks? Months? Years?
*You should be able to articulate what you don't know and how you plan to fill that knowledge
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I plan to continue on and finish filming and putting together my own brickfilm and then posting it on this blog and/ or even posting it on YouTube to see if I can receive any feedback.
Below: A few pictures from my brickfilm in progress
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