Today in this blog we will talk about why Stop Motion Animation is becoming a booming Sector. Animation indeed is a big industry nowadays.
World’s best animation studios like Disney or Pixar comes up with excellent creative animated feature films each year.
Stop Motion Animation technique is not new to the audiences any more.
Here in Stop Motion Animation objects are physically manipulated in tiny increments between individually photographed frames so that they appear to display independent movement when the series of frames are played back.
From comedy to action Stop Motion Animation has endless possibilities.
Some of the entertaining Stop Motion Animation films are Coraline, Kubo and the Two Strings, Missing Link etc.
This technique of animation has won the hearts of audiences not only in abroad but in India too.
Many Indian aspiring animators are taking up this art form as a profession and building up amazing content to fetch more audiences toward this animation technique.
Let’s look at the journey of Indian Stop-Motion Animation Industry.
STOP MOTION ANIMATION: AN ART FORM TO CHERISH
Stop Motion Animation is one of the best mediums in the hands of the filmmakers who want to construct story out of inanimate objects.
This puppet animation-reliant mode of animation is becoming more popular among the stop motion animation filmmakers in India.
Stop motion animation is mostly recorded in indoor set-ups with necessary recording equipments, lights, green-screen and other essentials gadgets.
This handmade art form is tangible and gives a sense of reality to the animator which is why modern talented animators are choosing this technique.
Bismark Fernandes is one such promising animator who has gained experiences in the stop-motion industry and has created his own short stop motion films.
Stop motion animation is painstaking but wonderful process of animation where the animator works on miniature models and sets to build the mood and environment.
Here the animator manually moves the character frame by frame in front of the camera and gives life to the character.
Stop motion animation requires extreme levels of focus and hard work but ultimately when the inanimate creation comes to life that becomes a pure joy and satisfaction for the creator.
Expend is a short stop motion animation film by Bismark Fernandes which has received appreciations and award.
In this animation technique animators devote a lot time in designing mise en scène and flexible, movable puppets.
The future of stop motion animation industry in India is bright and any aspiring animator can be part of great team of animators and animation projects to learn and acquire skills.
This animation technique is an absolutely fascinating art form because here every project provides a new set of challenges that gives the artist scopes to solve problem and come up with some unique solution.
Indian stop motion animation industry is exploring this art form as we can see the new short films are coming up in the market. But the process is slow because stop motion animation takes longer time to become perfect.
Stop motion animation filmmakers can now easily release their films on OTT or social media platforms for audience view.
The charm of stop motion animation films are such that it can win the heart of all age group audiences.
As stop motion animation needs fingerprint of the animator for moving the puppet in every frame; that’s the reason behind increasing demand for talented, imaginative and fascinating story telling animators in this animation industry.
Tokri is another award-winning 14 minutes Stop Motion Animation Film by well-known Indian animator Suresh Eriyat and his production company Studio Eeksaurus.
The story of the film is about a girl who struggles to sell baskets on the streets to earn money for repairing her father’s beloved watch.
Tokri took almost 8 years to complete and this film proved that India is capable of doing world class stop motion animation.
According to Suresh Eriyat “clay animated characters have dimension and realism” so he chose powerful stop motion animation medium to tell his short story.
Animator Suresh Eriyat explained that environment design is a meticulous process and it requires intense study of real spaces. For the film Tokri’s outdoor section animation of 5 minutes duration; it took almost 7 month to complete.
Here the animators worked on the minute details of the set, streets, shops, characters, vehicles and props.
Eriyat believes that Indian audience are eager to watch good quality stop -motion animation film because animation industry is driven by good original content.
He explains that “with inspired young animation filmmakers current animation scenario in India is bright” and this is occurring without any help from government bodies.
Many individual stop motion animation filmmakers get inspired to make their own short films today.
Good education, training, nurturing and grooming is essential for creating better animation in the country.
Indian stop motion animators are working more meticulously toward this art form so that they can take-up their work in the international platforms.
MESSAGE FOR ASPIRING STOP MOTION ANIMATORS
The aspiring artists who want to pursue stop motion animation as a career must have very keen interest in learning new techniques and technology.
They must be creative, imaginative and full of patience.
Getting enrolled into a good institute or academy is a vital step.
Stop-motion animator should always be ready to take up new challenges and difficulties while creating miniature sets and puppets for the animation. Focus should be on good original content.
Stop-motion industry is a highly specialised field in animation and thus aspiring artists must learn the basics thoroughly before exploring the newer tools.
If a candidate wants to approach any animation studio for job purpose he/she must have portfolios or showreel that would portray their skills.
Personal visits to the studios will be great as one can discuss about their work experiences with the senior artists.
Networking with artists from studios helps a lot in finding specific job.
Passionate stop motion animation artist can give new dimension to this unique art form through their power of imagination.
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Explore stop motion animation with free demo class and master class session conducted at the Institute from time to time to enhance skills of the students.
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