[FIRST YEAR] Introduction to Making of
Equipment
Power drill
Needle-Nose Pliers / Wire cutters
Pair of scissors
Hot-Glue Gun
Materials
For Skeleton:
2mm gauge wire / 20 gauge Galvanized Steel Wire / 19 gauge Galvanized Steel Wire
2 one-inch Well-Nuts / Metal plate Feet
Super sculpey firm / Baking Clay
Silicone
3D Print Plastic
Outline sheet
Painter’s tape or masking tape
Sponges
Copydex
Polymorph or Milliput / Epoxy Putty
For Clothes & Hair:
Felt/Plush Fabric
Stuffing / Wadding
Threads / Cotton thread
Needle & Pins
Yarn
Pictures
Videos
Films
The Nightmare Before Christmas – Henry Selick
Fantastic Mr. Fox – Wes Anderson
Coraline – Henry Selick
ParaNorman – Chris Butler & Sam Fell
Shaun the Sheep Movie – Mark Burton & Richard Starzak
Kubo and the Two Strings – Travis Knight
Early Man – Nick Park
Missing Link – Chris Butler
Books
Stop Motion: Craft Skills for Model Animation by Susannah Shaw
Get started in animation by Mary Murphy
The complete animation course: the principles, practise and technique of successful animation by Chris Patmore
Stop motion: passion, process and performance by Barry Purves
The art of stop-motion animation by Ken A Priebe
The advanced art of stop-motion animation by Ken A Priebe
Stop-motion animation: frame by frame film-making with puppets and models by Barry Purves
Hand-made television: stop-frame animation for children in Britain, 1961-1974 by Rachel Moseley
