I created this stop-motion animation using colored card stock, construction, and origami paper, a Micron ink pen, an iPhone, a lamp, an app called Stop Motion, Audacity, and iMovie.
First, I recorded my 4-year-old singing one of his favorite songs (turtles are his favorite animal) and decided to make an animation video narrated by the song. Next, I drew and cut out the turtle and the rest of the pieces after planning out the storyboard. I didn't have an overhead camera stand, so I duct-taped my iPhone to a standing lamp over my desk to take photos of each frame after moving each piece. I used the Stop Motion app to take each frame. This app is great and generates all the frames together to create the video reel; it was very user-friendly and made it so much easier! Next, I found some background music online to the song and recorded it on my iPhone and then combined my son's singing using Audacity. I then edited the sound and animation into one film in iMovie.
What I found to be most difficult was figuring out how much to move each piece so that the animation would look smooth and natural. Overall, it was very time consuming to make and it took me about 8-10 hours for a 46 second movie, but I had tons of fun and enjoyed making it. Best of all, both my kids love watching this and request me to play it over and over and over and over again!
First, I recorded my 4-year-old singing one of his favorite songs (turtles are his favorite animal) and decided to make an animation video narrated by the song. Next, I drew and cut out the turtle and the rest of the pieces after planning out the storyboard. I didn't have an overhead camera stand, so I duct-taped my iPhone to a standing lamp over my desk to take photos of each frame after moving each piece. I used the Stop Motion app to take each frame. This app is great and generates all the frames together to create the video reel; it was very user-friendly and made it so much easier! Next, I found some background music online to the song and recorded it on my iPhone and then combined my son's singing using Audacity. I then edited the sound and animation into one film in iMovie.
What I found to be most difficult was figuring out how much to move each piece so that the animation would look smooth and natural. Overall, it was very time consuming to make and it took me about 8-10 hours for a 46 second movie, but I had tons of fun and enjoyed making it. Best of all, both my kids love watching this and request me to play it over and over and over and over again!