Posted July 20th 2021 – Updated September 4th 2021
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In this blog post I explain how to create a stop-motion animation movie, which I will talk about in my PedTalk at the EECERA-conference in September 2021.
I can still remember the first time I made an animated movie with the children in the kindergarten where I worked at that time. I remember it as it was yesterday! We had read a book about different fishes and we were creating a story about these fishes.
So, we were sitting outside having circle time in the woods, and we were discussing what to include in the story.
That´s what animation is all about — the magic and the possibility to make anything happen!
The process of making a stop-motion animated story
In the PedTalk I demonstrate and explain how to make a short stop-motion animated story. Here are some «behind the camera» photos.
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A shark and a small fish
When you create a stop-motion animated story, you create an illusion of movement. The little fish is made of clay. The shark´s head is 3D-printed, with a movable jaw, and glued to some soft fabric.
![](https://www.digitalkreativitet.no/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/F573BB85-6712-4BF1-8850-E4313DDFA1F7-1024x768.jpg)
To create an illusion of movement, you take one photo, then you move one of the figures a little bit, take a new photo, and so on.
I use the app Stop Motion Studio, which is available for various devices and easy to use.
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When the shark meets the little fish, he eats him, one bite at a time.
To create the illusion that the shark eats the fish, I remove small bits of the fish until the entire fish is eaten.
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When the shark has eaten the entire fish, the shark cough up the skeleton. And then the movie is finished.
However, this short movie consists only of 41 images – which is only a few seconds final movie…
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In the app – after all the photos are taken – it is possible to copy or delete pictures, add sound, etc.
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It is also possible to change the movie speed. The more frames per second, the faster the figures move.
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The shark and the little fish
Here is the final movie