Cut Out Animation!

Cut Out Animation

Cut out animation is a form of animation made from paper, fabrics, photographs or anything on a flat surface to create an animation.

This is an example of a Japanese independent animation made in 2007 called RiRi made by Miyuki Hostani



 I like the style of this animation but I'm not sure on the story line, the difference between this and american cut out animation such as South Park is massive,
here is a video of an example of South Park:
Warning, this has swearing in so please watch in a controlled environment!




 South Park was created in 1997 by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for comedy central.
Both videos are similar due to the animation but both completely different considering the quaility.





This is my own ideas for a cut out animation:

There are two pieces to the body so we can make it move, we then have two dogs heads to create a head for the body showing different emotions.
We plan to make the leg move up and down and while this is happening the heads will change using the dogs head.



This is a photo of my person with the background we used:

This is my own cut out animation video:


To create a cut out animation you first of all need a story line for the idea, you then have to create a background for your animation. I then found the pictures i needed to make the story. I had another person to help me take the pictures and move the things ever so slightly so it didn't look to obvious. I used iStop motion to take the pictures as it is the best software to use.

My Carrot Animation

This is my animation of a plaster scene carrot which has been eaten, i used istop animation and a camera to take this video.

Model Based Animation!

Model based animation is a form of stop motion animation designed to create an illusion of a real world fantasy sequence. It is loads of photos taken together to become a sort of real life video.
Model animation was first created by Willis O'Brien, it was first used for 'The Lost World' in 1925. The Lost World was a silent fantasy adventure film created from the 1912 novel.

 The film has real footage of humans acting in, but the animals are model based.

These are a few model based animations that i have found on the internet:

Despicable Me, the animated film:


This is also another example of a short film called The Crab:



I then made my own animation, I thought about creating an animation about a type of food getting eaten which I thought was easiest. I then had a look at the colours which were available and orange was the most so i thought i'd create a carrot. While making my carrot i thought that it would be more interesting to make it have eyes and a mouth.

This is my plastercene model of a human carrot, i made this by using orange green white black red and brown colours, i then used a cutter to get my plaster scene into shape to create the shapes. I am pleased with my human carrot and i am proud of how it went!