Before shooting the scenes I had to have an induction into the stop motion studio. We went through the basics rules of the room, health and safety and an introduction into the equipment.
The most important thing I learnt was Dragon Frame. I had never heard of this software before so I was having to learn it from scratch. It is an industry standard stop motion animation software. It has been used to make several full-length stop motion films, including Disney’s Frankenweenie and Laika’s Coraline and ParaNorman as well as stop motion TV shows such as Shaun the Sheep.
I learnt a lot about the software including how to setting it up with the camera, navigating the interface, shooting the frames and exporting the image sequences. Here are the notes that I took from the induction and my independent research into Dragon Frame:
As well as the induction I had at the university I looked at this websites to learn about Dragon Frame:
Introduction to Stop Motion Animation
Samuel Green Illustration 