CUT OUT ANIMATION ARTICAL.

Animation is a field in which we can express our ideas using different mediums .

2d animation,3d animation,stop motion animation are some of the mediums of animation. cut out animation is one kind of stop motion animation .

What is cut out animation ?

Cut out is a form of animation in which we use flat character cut outs created by using material like mount boards,thermo col,papers .etc for animation.

What is required?

- Mount board ,thermo col,papers

-, pencil,eraser , glue, cello tape.

- Ribits ( for joints)

- Lights

- Digital camera(with usb attachments)

- Computer

- Table

- Camera rig.

- Light stand or tripod .

How to do?

Story is the most important part of Film, be it animation or live action. Story is decide and finalized first, after that storyboard is created and finalized .

Story board is progressive visual representation of story .characters,backgrounds and all other stuff in the movie are made on the basis of story.

How to do cut out characters ?

1.The charters in the story are sketched and finalized.

2.The sketched is taken on the mount board and the outer shape is cut out .

3.the locomotive parts of the character on mount board are separated and re joint using ribits. Now the character is animatable.

4.After that drawing is pasted on to that and coloured.

5.And the same process is used to develop the backgrounds.

How to build a set?

You need a camera to click snaps. You need a rig to support the camera. You need a computer to transfer the snapshots into the software(monkey jam, Adobe Premiere,Videowave). To create lighting artificial lights are used. The mood of the film decides its lighting. On that basis set the position and its intensity. Simple bulbs can do the job.

How to animate?

According to the action of the character, its pose is set and the snap is taken from the camera for every frame.

After all the shots are done, the raw data is taken to any editing software and the things like transitions, effects and music are added. This was the short description of cut out film making.