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Stop Motion Aesthetic-Potential&Limitations
For some, the aesthetics of stop motion should be rough, should have finger prints, dents, jerky movements. Yet in recent years, becuase of technology advances, the industry has changed so CGI is mixed with stop motion. This creates a very smooth overall appearance that can look digital at times. For my animation, it will look very old style rough as it will be a first attempt but I dont mind that look as it further back up that it is hand made, which draws people in as it holds more character, like when you look at the original Wallace and Gromit or Creature Comforts.
As you can now also 3D print heads for the characters, I do think it would be incredibly useful as you can have as many as you want and they would be guaranteed to look the same. This is why so many of them look so smooth and well done, although as the process is long and difficult, this racks up the price considerably. Which brings it back to cost again, which is always an issue if your not in a big company. Below are some images of the Boxtrolls book showing how much aesthetic was thought of for this movie, the book it filled with concept art, character design and CGI faces for the moulds.
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