Stop-motion animation is almost as old as film itself. It was one of the primary special effects before the arrival of digital animation. Over the years, many variations have evolved, but the basic idea remained the same: a series of stills with tiny changes in each frame, resulting in a fluid motion as full animation. At the Animation Zone, professional animators teach children about the basic techniques of stop-motion animation. In these sessions, the children create and animate specially designed characters and objects.
The hand-crafted scenes are recorded with a camera above the big green workspace and shown live on a screen. Afterwards, they can be viewed again at home. This year’s Animation Zone is designed by me.
