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Abstract

This project’s goal is to explore digital tools and their uses for traditional animation, mainly focusing on 3D printing for puppetry and stop-motion animation, and its potential aesthetical and practical benefits for the industry. As a medium, 3D printing could bridge the digital and physical worlds together and offer more freedom in the animation process. If successful, this research will prove beneficial for auteurs and individuals who want to pursue these tools in stop-motion-related production. Exploring the digital world of stop-motion and combining it with traditional stop-motion techniques via scanning and 3D printing could be a very creative experiment, and would provide insight into both branches of animation, and hopefully aid in the current branching out of stop-motion into the CGI industry. Upon completing this artefact, it will be possible to evaluate and compare the result to existing stop-motion productions, find key differences and hopefully find a way to minimise them.

Course: Computer Animation and Visual Effects - BSc - U2700PYC

Date Deposited: 2023-10-11

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