Creating a stop motion movie with Animator DV Simple+
When I was a kid I had a flipbook that when flipped, showed a woman getting up from bed. Page by page, the changes were too small to notice but from beginning to end, they meant the difference between being in bed and being up. In stop motion, this is the main concept—the accumulation of small changes of position in usually non-moving objects that, when properly sequenced, simulate movement.
For the course in our module dedicated to music, dance and emotions, one of the tasks will be to create a stop motion movie of a clay character that will be breakdancing. For this we will use Animator DV Simple + (http://animatordv.com/download7). Download it from http://www.download.com and use the provided serial number.
To start, we should:
1. Connect our camcorder or webcam to the computer and then open Animator DV Simple +.
2. Create a new folder by clicking on the New Folder button.
3. Create a New Project, and then click on the OK button.
4. In...
