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<body bgcolor="white"> <table> <td> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="1" width="100%"><tr><td valign="top"></td><td valign="top"> </td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2"> <hr align="center" width="80%" noshade> </td></tr></table><table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="1" width="100%"><tr><td valign="top"><a name="F958"></a><span style="color: black; font: 14pt helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">How To Create And Animate A Clay Puppet</span><br><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="images/pixel.gif" width="300"><br><span style="color: black; font: italic 10pt Times New Roman, Times, serif;">This excellent program is an enjoyable primer for novice animators the world over. </span><br><br><span style="color: black; font: 10pt helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Clay animator Mark Sawicki examines the fundamental design concepts of the animation armature and builds an inexpensive puppet skeleton based on his character design. The proportions of the figure are sketched out to illustrate the planning and design phase. After the skeleton is created the different types and uses of polymer clay are discussed. Basic color theory is outlined as primary colors of clay are blended together for the figure. The puppet is then sculpted over the armature starting with the flexible appendages and eyes (which are baked). Mark then moves on to sculpt the expressive face and finally the body which are kept pliable for animation. A consumer digital camera is described and its software set up is demonstrated in preparation for clay animation using the computer and digital camera as a recording device. The program culminates in a demonstration of how the animator uses mathematics to "time out" the action and shows how the figure is manipulated for each frame of a cycle.</span><br><br><span style="color: black; font: 10pt helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Program comes with detailed study guide.</span><br><br><span style="color: black; font: 10pt helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">48 min.</span><br></td><td valign="top"><img border="0" height="180" src="images/F958.jpg" width="100"><br><br> </td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2"> <hr align="center" width="80%" noshade> </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><a name="F1192DVD" id="F1192DVD"></a><span style="color: black; font: 14pt helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Stop Motion Animation DVD</span><br> <img src="images/pixel.gif" width="300" height="1" alt="" border="0"><br><br><br><span style="color: black; font: 10pt helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Excellent for Students & Novice Animation. Clay animator Mark Sawicki examines the fundamental principles of animation by demonstrating the persistence of vision phenomenon by way of the Thoumatrope, Zoetrope and Flip Book. Students are then introduced to the history of motion picture technology and the evolution of frame rates in film and video and the concept of resolution in film formats and digital files. Specific demonstrations show how to plan out and time the animation of a toy truck and also demonstrates how to plot animation curves in order to achieve smooth animation. </span><br> <br> <span style="color: black; font: 10pt helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">33 min.</span><br></td> <td valign="top"><span class="body-med"><img src="images/F1192DVD.jpg" width="100" height="160"></span><br> </td> </tr> <td colspan="2"> <hr align="center" width="80%" noshade> </td> </tr> </table></td> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td><img alt="" border="0" height="4" src="images/pixel.gif" width="1"></td> </tr> </table> </body> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> </frameset> <frameset rows="80,*" border="0"> <frame src="INSERT_YOUR_PAGE_HERE" name="topFrame" frameborder="no" scrolling="no" noresize="noresize" /> <frame src="http://astore.amazon.com/filmithefanta-20" name="mainFrame" frameborder="no" /> </frameset>