I have never created a stop-motion animation before. Two methods of stop-motion were presented by tutor Chris. The displacement animation and the replacement animation. The replacement animation means that it is an animation with many shapes or objects to change that form an illusion of animation. While the displacement animation is the use of puppets or dolls that can be changed to different positions already.

We are divided into groups and told to make a displacement animation transaction with three shapes: round, triangle, and square. We chose from the three shapes and were asked to make a transition from the previous shape to the shape we had.

That’s what we eventually made.

I ran into difficulties when I tried to make my part look more 3D. I made a cone with a round shape, but it turned out not to be what I expected it to be: it looked quite flat in the camera. I learned that this is not the right way to create a 3D-looking motion in replacement stop-motion animation. If I want to make 3D things with stop-motion method, I should do more experiments before the shooting till I find the right way of doing it.