The 290-page manual provides a multitude of tips and easy to follow guides for creating more advanced animations. It allows the child to get a bit fancier and more complex with their animation effects (like turning sticks into swords and adding fire trails to rockets). Stopmotion Explosion is the next level for a budding director to step up to once mastering the beginners skills.
They suggest the use of LEGO, modelling clay, paper shapes or any other toys which have articulated parts. What to know: Most important to note is the fact it comes with no on-board ‘goodies’ – or things to animate with – so you will have to bring your own. The full color manual will give kids a clear understanding of not only the principles of stop motion animation, but how to improve their techniques and formulate their ideas. Features include: Onion skinning, time-lapse, and green screening (Chroma Key) and more. It also has one of the highest quality stop motion cameras on the market. What’s included: Because it is deemd an educational stop motion animation kit, it is robust and highly feature-intensive as a solution.
