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EVERYTHING NEEDED TO CREATE JAW DROPPING STOP MOTION ANIMATIONS
This Package will fast-track a complete beginner to a Stop Motion EXPERT and get them started straight away! We've already helped 1000s improve their animations, could you be next?
FEATURE 1
25 ACTION-PACKED STEP-BY-STEP VIDEO LESSONS.
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From stopping DEADLY beginner mistakes to discovering secret Disney techniques - WE COVER IT ALL!
I've compiled over 15 years of experience and industry research into 25 easy-to-follow, engaging video lessons. Over 6.5 hours of non-stop value will slowly transform the quality of the output.
We cover EVERYTHING: The principles of animation, how to light your scene, script writing, editing, adding special effects, posting online, and so much more...
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In this package, you also get a companion handbook summarising and recapping all the action points from each video lesson. Use this for easy reference and quick consolidation!
Below is a complete outline of the course curriculum.
BUT FIRST, YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS
These are NOT just "theory" lectures. You're not listening to me read from slides as I drone on about camera setups and the benefits of 3-point lighting (I've been to school too). Each lesson is made for DIRECT application. I EXPECT you to actually follow along and see the fast improvements in your work. Those who get the best results from this training do this part very well.
HOWEVER, If you still fear having to watch an uninspired presentation that's hard to follow and gives you flashbacks to the classroom, I completely get it! Just scroll down further to see if my teaching style is a good match. I've provided a single lesson for you to watch as a free taster!
MODULE 1
INTRODUCTION
1: Introduction
These are your first steps... The introduction lesson briefs you on how to complete the training, what to expect, and what things you might need throughout.
This is where I set the tone for the course, if we were training in person, this is where i'd tell you about the fire escapes and drills. Since its all online, we can skip that bit.
2: Process Walk-Through
This lesson is a bird's eye view of the Stop-Motion Animation process so you understand where each part you learn fits into the final picture. Starting at the idea conception, all the way to publishing online, and everything in between.
This lesson is belt feeding you information and I don't expect you to remember it all as the proceeding lessons chunk it all down. The important thing this lesson provides is context.
3: Gear Index
Here I break down all the different types of gear you will need and what you need to consider when choosing.
Attached to this lesson is a downloadable sheet which is literally an "index" of all my recommendations, at all price points, covering: Cameras, stands, accessories, microphones, software, computers and miscellaneous.
Course Breakdown
MODULE 2
ANIMATION
4: Technical Stuff
Before jumping straight in, there's some technical stuff you need to be aware of so that you can complete your animations properly.
First we explore the 5 main areas of a camera: 1) Shutter speed 2) Aperture 3) ISO 4) White balance 5) Focus. Then we talk into key areas like Frames Per Second (FPS) and Timing.
5: Ease In / Out (Watch Now)
Movement is not linear. It starts off slow, builds speed and then slowly comes to a stop. This is the case for all movements in life. It builds, reaches its peak and then slows.
Without following this natural law in your own animations, even at a minute scale, you'll be inviting jittery, choppy moves to arrive in your films. This is the first animation principle we look at, and it is the foundation to all that follows.
6: Arcs & Timing (Watch Now)
Slow moves require more frames, fast moves require less frames... This is Timing. Each frame captures a specific moment of movement, the amount of these moments of movement captured, influences many different variables like how natural the animation looks or the emotion that's conveyed.
It’s rare that things move in a straight line. In the real world, movements occur along curved paths, these are "arcs".
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7: Anticipation & Follow Through (Watch Now)
To anticipate a movement in animation, it just means the preparation for an action. Follow-through means the movement after the action has taken place. If a superhero came into land, the follow-through action would be bending of the knees, maybe even leaning to absorb the left-over momentum.
8: Exaggeration
Here we look into the principle of "exaggeration".
This is where certain aspects of movement or action are heightened or amplified beyond realistic proportions. It helps communicate emotions, convey ideas, and capture the viewer's attention. But there is 5 main types of exaggeration, and each should be used differently.
9: Squash & Stretch
This is where we focus in on one of the most important forms of exaggeration within animation. This principle stems from the older drawn animations, but is also rooted in realistic movements too.
In life, only hard solid objects remain the same shape when they are in motion or under impact, while objects with more elasticity, often distort depending on what's going on around them.
10: Overlapping Action
In life, we don’t just move one part of ourselves at one time, and when we do move multiple parts of ourselves, we don't begin the movements all at the same time. Our actions overlap!
This is how you should be thinking when you’re bringing life to an animated puppet.
You’ll have your main action in a scene, but within that main action, there might be another action within with slightly different timing.
11: Walk Then Run
A walk cycle or a run cycle is a series of carefully choreographed poses and movements that depict a character walking or running.
It's all about repeating a sequence of frames that create the illusion of continuous motion. Mastering the walk cycle is essential for bringing your characters to life and adding believability to your animations.
12: Performance
In this lesson, we look into character performance. By this point, we've covered some of the animation principles, now, when and how you use them in your films should be thought into.
Through the use of timing and a new principle called "Secondary action", here I show how you'd animate two characters talking to one another.
13: Mouth Movement (Practical)
Some studios, like Aardman Animations create different mouth models and swap them out each frame on their actual puppets, others sculpt the clay or plasticine that the puppets are made from. Others use paper replaceable mouths and some just do it in post.
Whichever way you want the mouth of your character to look, the principles behind it remain the same. The principles that you will learn in this lesson.
14: Camera Movement
Camera movement is a staple in every film, it's a part of film form, good for cool shots and very effective for story telling purposes. Its important to know how to animate it!
There are all sorts of different types of camera moves you can do, here are the main 5 which we’ll be covering in this lesson: Panning, Tilting, Tracking (Left, right, forward, backward), Pedestal (Up, down) and Zoom
15: Practical Effects
Animating practical effects into scenes saves time messing on in post production, and depending on who you ask, can improve your films.
In this lesson, i'll be showing you how to animate: Explosions, Muzzle Flashes, Lasers, Rain and Blood.
MODULE 3
CREATE
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16: Composition
Shot composition is all about how your frame looks, where are objects placed and why. Is the camera simply pointing at the character, or is it close in at a low angle slightly tilted. What looks good, what's most relevant to the feeling you’re trying to convey.
It's one of those things you don't realise has such an effect until you see it side by side being used and not.
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17: Lighting
The first part of this lesson will cover the different lights you can use.
The second, more important part will cover all the lighting techniques and principles you need to know for cinematic results, you’ll see them in action and gain an awareness on how and when you can use them for different desired outcomes.
MODULE 4
STORY & PLANNING
18: Story Structure & How To Be Funny
Before you jump into animation, you need to know what your films are going to be about. Whether you write a fully-fledged script or just a few bullet points, the amount of detail you’re willing to go to on this is entirely up to you, but just remember this.
If your idea isn't great or your ending is weak, no matter the quality of the animation, people won’t watch it... Unless you’re making a fruit cutting satisfying video, or cooking video of course.
19: Storyboarding
When I was a younger man I used to skip this stage, and shoot the scene on the fly, but drawing or at least planning the shots you want to film can not only save time but allow for a grander vision than first realised as the act of this stage facilitates thought into how a scene is composed.
20: Recording Lines
You can record your dialogue with a condenser mic, a shotgun mic or you could even use your phone as an audio recorder.
Whatever you choose to use, the 3 main things to consider when recording voices are: Acoustics, Quality and Performance. This lesson, we'll take a deep dive into all three.
MODULE 5
POST PRODUCTION
21: Editing
You've captured your frames, and now it's time to bring them together into a compelling story that captivates and entertains. This lesson is where your creativity meets technical skill, transforming your raw footage into a polished masterpiece.
Importing footage, clipping frames, adding dialogue and digital camera movements are all covered here.
22: Sound
Would you believe me if I told you that I believe quality sound to be more important than quality visuals in storytelling. An audience is more forgiving of poor visuals if the sound is good and coherent, they can still follow on and be immersed to a degree.
In this lesson, I'm going to show you where you can source sound effects from, how you can record your own foley, and how you mix and master it to fit your films.
23: Visual Effects
Now it's time to get started using the real movie magic.
This lesson, i’ll be showing you how to:
- Make things fly
- Use a green screen
- Use Overlays (Explosions, muzzle flashes, sparks, rain etc)
24: Mouth Movement (VFX)
So in a previous lesson, I showed you how to do character mouth movement practically, now I'm going to show you how to do it with visual effects.
The same principles apply with the phonemes, but it's the implementation that is different.
25: Publishing
So you've edited your movie and exported the timeline, now its time for the big release.
Don't go to all the hard work of creating your film to then have no-one see it. To make sure that they do, this lesson, i'll be talking into the 5 main things that I use to pull in millions of views.
TRY ONE YOURSELF!
Instead of writing reams about how useful, influential, and well-crafted our video lessons are, we've picked one at random and posted it below!
ANIMATION: LESSON 7
Allow the audience to register whats happening...
Rookie animations can appear confusing, and nine times out of ten, it's because they've not used these techniques.
To anticipate a movement in animation, it just means the preparation for an action. If the main action was for a character to run away, you'd anticipation it by taking a few frames where the character winds their body and arms back, before breaking into the move.
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AND 24 MORE ONLY THROUGH THE COMPLETE STOP-MOTION TRAINING PACKAGE
MY RESULTS USING STOP MOTION
Before you read more about me, here's a quick introduction to my views across platforms. I will show you EXACTLY how you can get results like this and more!
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"WHY SHOULD I LISTEN TO THIS HANDSOME YOUNG MAN ON THE INTERNET?"
I'm Samuel! The creator and teacher of the Stop Motion Training
Twelve years ago, I picked up my mum's camera, took some out-of-focus images, and posted my first Lego animation online. Since then, I've amassed millions of views, become an award-winning film director, and taught thousands the principles of animation.
But the beginning was rough...
Stop motion is a hard art to learn on your own, and simple, unchecked things can ruin hours of work. In principle, it sounds easy to make a stop-motion animation. The process is almost similar to old flip books!
Set a Character. Take a photo
Move the character. Take another photo.
Rinse and repeat until you've captured every desired action or your SD card needs changing.
Play the images, one after another, each only for a fraction of a second, and you create the illusion of movement!
Simple! Well, not quite.
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How do you light a scene?
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What are the principles of animation?
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What's the best shot composition?
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How do you create lightsabre effects?
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How do you make explosions?
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How do you make spaceships fly?
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Where can you find sound effects that are actually good?
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How do you come up with ideas?
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How do you write a script?
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How do you structure your workflow to save time?...
You get the point. The answers to all these questions differentiate an "aww, that's a cute" animation from a "Yes, that's going to go VIRAL"!
How Did I Get Started?
I have always wanted to be a filmmaker, and stop motion ticked a lot of boxes for my 10-year-old production budget.
ACTORS
You don't need to pay your actors, feed them or let them take breaks. They are your toys!
EQUIPMENT
It only requires Non-expensive equipment; chances are you already have all you need.
LOCATION
You can do everything from your bedroom. No location scouts or venue hires are needed.
I knew stop motion was the key to translating my ideas into on-screen movies, so I'd stop at nothing to learn it. I stuck in, devouring 100s of YouTube videos, reading every book on the subject and putting my knowledge to the test by making my own videos.
Some videos flopped harder than my Computer Science A-Level, but after a while, I started getting results, and I reached my first million views.
This was the video:
I remember my teachers wanted to play it in front of the whole school, but I was too embarrassed. Reflecting now, it's like a time capsule, and it's crazy to think how far I've come.
British International Film Festival Winner 2022, Royal Television Society Award Winner 2023, BSc in Film & TV, Head of Media for a multimillion £ group of businesses, and gained millions of views online through stop motion.
Despite the clear benefits of learning stop motion, its steep learning curve stops most in their tracks early. Until Now.
I've concentrated all my filmmaking knowledge and experience into one package. It's everything I wish I had back when I first started.
So whether you're looking at this for yourself or as a gift for an aspiring creative, this training gives you everything you need to make high-quality, engaging, ambitious animations, no matter your starting point!
If you're an experienced animator looking to level up or a total newbie, the only limit is your imagination.
Most people can't spot if something is bad. They take it as it comes and accept it as the level. But EVERYONE knows when they are watching something GREAT!
Go raise the bar!
"WHY ARE YOU SELLING YOUR SECRETS? WHATS IN IT FOR YOU?"
I'm running a business, and this training package is my product. But why? As stated, I want to fast-track anyone's ideas for stop motion. I've learned the lessons that you don't have to, and I love watching other people's animations. But there is another reason.
My life goal remains the same: To make movies. I'm building the budget for my first feature film by sharing my knowledge, giving value and opening doors for others (have you seen how expensive movies are to make!).
By buying my training package...
You get: over 12+ years of hard-earned animation experience, high-quality VFX assets and SFX packs.
I get: Another step closer to making my first feature film and achieving my dream.
Win-Win!
FEATURE 2
500+ PROFESSIONALLY MADE, FULL COMMERCIAL LICENCED SOUND EFFECTS.
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Did you know that the on-screen elements of a movie only account for 50% of the viewing experience? The other 50% comes from the ears. Yes, sound is just as important as the visuals.
If you've ever tried to find high-quality sound effects on the internet that aren't subject to some copyright licence, you know how time-consuming it is. Crawling countless websites, finding assets uploaded in 2008 and putting the health of your computer at risk every time you click "Download".
The solution is signing up with a sound effects provider and paying expensive subscriptions, which aren't feasible for most beginners.
That's why I've provided over 500+ high-quality sound effects for almost every scenario you might need. This pack is very thorough and includes all the sound effects I use myself:
CATEGORIES
FOOTSTEPS
HITS & IMPACTS
Running, walking and stomping on different terrain.
Explosions, weapons and comical punches.
HOUSEHOLD
Light switces, Door Open / Closes, cooking utensils and more.
SCI-FI
Lasers, Lightsabres & Spaceships and more...
AMBIANCE
Background noise for everyday settings.
RISERS
Add drama and tension with ease.
But there will come a time when you need a sound effect or background noise outside this pack's scope. But do not worry, for I have you covered. In the video lessons, I show you exactly how to record, edit and save them yourself!
Give a man a fish, but teach a man to fish... or something like that.
I'VE ALREADY HELPED 1000s IMPROVE THEIR ANIMATIONS AND LEARN STOP MOTION
...And I can do EXACTLY the same for you!
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FEATURE 3
COMPREHENSIVE DIGITAL AND PRACTICAL VFX ASSETS PACK
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Have you ever wondered how people make spaceships fly, give superpowers, shoot lasers, create explosions, transform backgrounds or make it rain? That's the power of Visual effects.
Good visual effects (VFX) produce magic when you get them right, and jarring monsters if you don't. It may seem daunting, but Stop Motion is an excellent vehicle for learning the foundations of VFX, and in this training, we will cover very advanced topics.
BUT, mastering visual effects is challenging. It takes time and an advanced skill set (don't worry, we'll get you there). That's why this package includes multiple professional VFX assets you can download, drag and drop straight into your video. Things like...
MOUTH MOVEMENTS
Learn to make your characters actually TALK.
EXPLOSIONS
DO try this at home. Practical or computer-generated, whatever fits your style.
ATMOSPHERIC EVENTS
Rain or Shine, Thunderstorm or Blizzard. Create an immersive atmosphere and add flair to your movies.
GRAPHIC EFFECTS
Sometimes gruesome, sometimes funny, always good to know.
GUNFIRE
Muzzle flashes and smoking barrels. All the details to add power to your scenes.
SCI-FI
Lasers, lightsabres, galaxies and more. These are my most sought-after effects.
Our video lessons will teach you how to use these assets, and get your skills to the level they need to be. You will learn....
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How to pair practical effects with your audio to MAKE your characters talk!
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How to remove rigs, use green screens and mask objects to create jaw-dropping dramatic action sequences.
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What is the best free or low-cost editing software to use, and how what is the best way to set it up?
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The difference between a compositer and the timeline.
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How to edit and export your videos in the best formats for social media.
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How to structure your animation workflow to save headaches in during the edit.
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How to get creative and make your own VFX assets
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And Much Much More
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Add a competitive edge to your animations and gain an in-demand skill. ​
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Remember, good visual effects can never make up for bad animations. Both enhance each other when done well!
If you want to add a competitive edge to your animations and gain an in-demand skill, this training package has you covered!
CHRISTMAS IS ALMOST HERE. ORDER NOW TO GET IT IN TIME!
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Our delivery service has warned us that due to demand from the holidays, soon they won't be able to fulfill orders until after Christmas.
If you order now, there's still time to give the ultimate creative gift this Christmas. (Or you can keep it for yourself, I wouldn't blame you...)
BRINGING IT TOGETHER
WHAT YOU GET WITH THE COMPLETE STOP MOTION TRAINING PACKAGE.
Everything needed to take a beginner to total MASTER and start making quality stop-motion animations...
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25 Video Lessons Covering Every Aspect of Stop Motion Animation
Physical Course Handbook
500+ Professional Commercially Licenced Sound Effects
Comprehensive Digital Asset Pack
Ready Made Practical Effects Cut-outs
Green & Blue Screen backgrounds (For VFX)
Ready Made Character mouth movement cutouts
Story Board and Dope Sheet Templates.
All For Just:
£37
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