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Nick Park's quick animation guide

Nick Park's quick animation guide
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  • Nick Park's quick animation guide
  • Duration: 05:01
  • Nick suggests that you start off with a simple story, then choose something to animate - it could be plasticine or a household object, for example. Recording voices is a great way of adding character. Creating scenery for the animation gives it more detail. You need to record your animation and then edit it together to create the complete effect. Nick demonstrates how lighting can be used and how to gradually animate your models using tiny movements - it requires a lot of patience! Also includes clips from Nick Park's famous creations Wallace and Gromit. This Blue Peter clip is published as part of bbc.co.uk. Please note this clip is only available in Flash.
  • Subject:

    Art and Design

       Topic:

    Animation

  • Keywords: sculpture, ICT, models, webcam, media studies, creativity, imagination, camera, animation, Nick Park, Wallace and Gromit
Ideas for use in class
  • Challenge the children to create a 10 second animation using plasticine and a webcam. Watch it back then discuss any improvements that could be made.
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  • Clip language : English
  • Aspect ratio : 16x9
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