How to create plasticine cartoons?

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Art is very versatile. It's so cool that it can be both serious and entertaining. Not only children, but also adults enjoy watching cartoons. A special niche among them is occupied by plasticine cartoons. You won’t surprise anyone with drawn ones, computer graphics are also boring, but this option always causes a lot of delight.

Why is this happening? Probably because plasticine cartoons require a lot of patience and time to create, and therefore real artists and lovers of their work take up their implementation.

What does it take to take them off? Creative lovers and even professional directors claim that anyone can create plasticine cartoons at home. For this you will need:

• plasticine in different colors;
• camera with tripod;
• special program on the computer (Sony Vegas, for example);
• inspiration and desire to create.

You can start with a mini-project to see what happensin the end, and what to consider next time. Blind a simple figurine, set the camera on a tripod (or on a stack of books if you don't have one) and start shooting. In order for plasticine cartoons to turn out as high quality as possible, take pictures as often as possible. For example, if you blinded a human figure, then it should take about 10 frames to “raise a hand”. This is indeed a very laborious process, so it can take from several months to several years to shoot a full-length plasticine cartoon.

After you have taken all the necessary pictures, you need to transfer them to your computer. Video processing programs usually have an intuitive interface, so putting together all the images, adjusting the speed and adding sound will not be difficult for anyone.

However, before creating your own masterpieces, it is better to get acquainted with what has already been created by professionals. An entire team works on cartoons: there is a director, a screenwriter, a cameraman, and an artist… In general, things are the same here as on the set of a regular film. Actors are also involved, only they are not filmed, but only voice plasticine characters.

Recognized Masterpieces

• Cartoon "Plasticine Crow". Released on Soviet screens in 1981, he immediately captivated the audience. It tells about the unusual adventures of a simple Russian peasant.
• Series about Wallace and Gromit. There are 3 of the most famous half-hour episodes (the first of which is "Picnic on the Moon" in 1989), 10 short episodes, as well as a full-length film. These plasticine cartoons tell us about the life and adventures of the inventor Wallace and his silent but smart dog Grommite.
• "Coraline in the land of nightmares". This cartoon appeared on big screens relatively recently, in 2008, but the story of a girl who got into a parallel world, beautiful at first glance, and full of dangers at the second, managed to win the love of people all over the planet.

Of course, there are many more plasticine masterpieces, and, of course, each of them is filled with a special charm.