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SOPHIE YOULDEN - An account of one of the projects I am working on for my final major on the Model making degree at the Arts Institute Bournemouth.

Saturday, 27 March 2010

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Relevant Links

- My model making website
- Machinariums website
- Amanita Design website
- Interview with Jakub Dvorsky of Amanita Design about Machinarium

Relevant books

- Metro Magazine, May/June 2009 Edition - Making of Mary and Max
- Imagine Magazine, May/June 2009 Edition - Interview with Ray Harryhausen
- Model making, materials & methods by David Neat
- Animation Uk - Reference guide to animation production in the UK
- The Stopmotion Filmography by Neil Pettigrew
- The Art of Stop-Motion Animation by Ken A. Priebe
- The Mould makers handbook by J.P Delpech & M.A Figueres

Stop Motion Animation Companies

- List of Stop motion companies from around the world
- Aardman's Website
- Mackinnon and Saunders website - Make stop motion puppets including those for Corpse Bride and Postman Pat
- Passion Pictures - produce stop motion animation, Lynx advert
- JLF Animation Studios - make animations for advertising
- Beast Animation - speacialise in stop motion, created tv adverts for Cravendale
- Cuppa Coffee Studios - producers of stop motion, including celebrity deathmatch
- Andre Masters Website - produces puppets for animation

Historical Research

- History of Stop motion in film
- Stop motion history, examples of

Visual Research

- Robot puppets for stop motion
- Edouard Martinet's website - makes sculptures from scrap metal
- Staphane Halleux's website - creates steampunk sculptures of robots
- Photo album relevant research

Contextual Research

- Basic break down of the animation process
- Wiki page on stop motion animation
- Stop motion animation handbook
- Stop Motion links
- Information on Uk jobs in stop motion animation
- Article looking at top animation studios merging 2D & 3D
- Stop Motion Pro's website - software used in industry to create stop motion films
- Video clip of useful tips on how to make your own stop motion film
- Article concerning CGI's effect on the traditional animator
- Blog looking at which is better in film CGI or Stop motion
- Website with info and resources on clay animation
- Website showing clips of different Eastern European Stop motion animation
- Online preview of info book on making puppets and sets for animation
- Varying techniques on making stop motion puppets
- Extract from The Art of Stop Motion Animation (K.Priebe) - Puppet design and fabrication
- Making of the Nightmare Before Christmas
- Information on new production process to benefit the stop motion industry
- Website of Mary and Max stop motion film which opens the Sundance Film Festival 2009
- Blog page with insight on next big stop motion movie venture, Coraline
- Info on the new methods used to create new stop motion picture Coraline
- Introduction on the making of Coraline
- Interview with Henry Selick, director of The Nightmare before Christmas and Coraline

Technical Research

- Stop motion links to making armatures
- Armaverse - US company that provide armatures for animation characters
- Springfix Website - axial joints
- Website for chavant clay
- Modelling with chavant clay
- Information on cold casting metal powders
- Information on various ways to cold cast with metal powders
- You Tube clip of making a basic silicone block mould
- Step by step guide on producing a two part silicone mould
- Industry practice on making moulds for stop motion puppets
- Information on the process of making puppets through the build up method
- Puppet building with foam latex
- Aging painting techniques
- Distressing leather techniques

Inspirational Research

- The Sandman (1992 short animation)
- Whelm, stop motion animation using foam latex puppets
- A short love story - Animation combining stop motion and CGI

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Sophie Youlden: I'm a third year Model Making student currently studying at the Arts Institute of Bournemouth.

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