Stop motion is an animation technique in which a camera is repeatedly stopped and started, frame-by-frame, in order to give inanimate objects and figures the impression of movement.

Join Em Dickinson as she guides students through the art of photos in film. Students try their hand at getting creative with making their own flip books to gain an understanding about stop motion animation

Stage 1.

View Part 1 of the tutorial video above, then note down all of the sounds effects that you can hear in the example clip.

Rewatch the clip and brainstorm what objects you could use to create these sounds with.

Cheat Sheet

Stage 2.

View Part 2 of the tutorial video above, then watch the clip provided that has no sound and note down any sounds that should be there. Then brainstorm how you would create those sound effects in a studio.Have ago at creating and recording the sound effects you need for this scene.Download the clip below and edit your sound effects into the scene.

Pineapple Islands Fight Scene – No Sound

Stage 3.

View Part 3 of the tutorial video above, and see how you went with your edit compared to the final product.

Thanks for having a go at Holy Foley. We hope this activity has helped you to understand the complexity of creating sound effects and the purposefulness of construction involved in everything you hear.