In a recent Ed futures session, we were given the opportunity to use the program Zu3D to create an animation. In my first year of University we created animation using 2 animate, however, the Zu3D software allows you to create a more complex animation, using a range of tools. Using Zu3D, we were able to construct a suitable background for our animated projects, and then add our characters or objects through a layering effect. This allowed us to edit each layer of the project, so that they would fit with each other. In order to portray the illusion of 'movement', we can use the program to manipulate our images, whilst taking a series of screenshots at each stage. This gives us the effect of a flowing moving image.
Although it was fascinating to be able to understand and experiment with how stop-motion animation is made, it soon became clear that a great deal of patience was needed, along with a lot of spare time!
The video above shows the short animation which I managed to create in a two hour session. On average, film companies produce 20-30 seconds of animated film per week, so it can take years to complete a whole film (Dirks, 2014).
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