10 things you can shoot and create this month, from animated features to owls and Iron Age villages
Pixar movies are all good and well with their slick CGI and high-quality graphics, but if you want to create your own animated enterprises, without learning how to draw or taking three years to master 3DS Max or Blender, then stop-motion is the way to go. All you need is an idea, a set, possibly some lights, maybe some sound effects and music, but definitely a digital camera.
Stop-motion works by setting your scene up, taking a photo, then moving whatever needs to move, very slightly, then taking another photo. Actual film has 25 frames for every second of action, but you won’t need that many. A large 3D set with figures…