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Question: Easy and affordable way to make stop motion characters!?
I already have a camera, lights, etc!.
I'd like to make some stop motion characters and props, but would like to avoid the "clay" look if at all possible!. My budget is extremely limited!.
Any ideas!? I don't mind having to create things myself!.
In a perfect world, I'm looking for a similar look to Tim Burton's short film "Vincent" (it's on youtube)!. Not necessarily Tim Burton's style, but that type of!.!.!.puppets, I guess you'd call them!?
Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
A limited budget by no means your film and your puppets have to look bad, it just means you need to be a little more creative in making your stop motion puppets!. You can cobble together puppets out of anything!. Wood, cloth, paper, cardboard, popsicle sticks, recyclables, etc!. Anything that can be moved in front of a camera can be used to do stop motion!. Plastecine, old clothes, books, toys, anything!. Maybe these examples will get your imagination going!.
There's a guy who goes by the name of PES who uses ordinary household objects to do animation:
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=VFmnGULal!.!.!.
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=OM5_GVtIr!.!.!.
You could use paper cutouts to do animation:
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=rlWRwQ4dL!.!.!.
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=aIvjVc7If!.!.!.
You can even use fruit:
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=jG-0_p_ye!.!.!.
Sesame street used to do this animated short with characters on glasses:
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=Y8j565lLv!.!.!.
Pretty much anything you can move in front of a camera can be used for stop motion!. Even yourself!
http://www!.generallyawesome2!.com/videos/!.!.!.
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=UViocNqzw!.!.!.
http://www!.dailymotion!.com/video/x4rj9p_!.!.!.
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=UAj0NvKt9!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com