Choosing a Research Question - Study Task 4

Research Question: 

Why would someone use stop motion animation in the digital age?

Within my research question I can primarily study why practicing animators choose stop motion as their medium by talking to them individually and interviewing them. There are different ways to use stop motion and also ways to combine it with other mediums to make a final product, leading to the strength and weaknesses of each method. I can know about these processes through animation investigation, technique investigation and primary research.

Resources:

• Purves, B. (2008 [2007]) 'Stop motion: passion, process and performance', Massachusetts, USA, Focal Press.

Library Reference: 

• The Brothers Quay (2006) 'Quay Brothers: The Short Films', DVD.

Library Reference: 

• Harryhausen, R (2005) 'Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection', USA, Sparkhill Production, DVD.

Library Reference: 

• Pribe, K. A. (2011) 'The Advance Art of Stop-Motion Animation', Massachusetts, USA, Delmar Cengage Learning.

Library Reference: 

• Blumenthal, E (2005) 'Puppetry and Puppets: An Illustrated World Survey', London, Thames & Hudson Ltd.

Library Reference: 

   

In relation to my question I want to look at modern examples of stop motion animations, such as Tim 

Burton and look at how they combine stop motion with CGI in the digital age. I could possibly look at Kubo and the Two Strings as my animation as this is the most modern example that combines the two processes. I also want to look at traditional stop motion and how this differs, I could look at the original examples such as The Brother's Quay or I might want to look at Ray Harryhausen's work.  

Reference:

'Kubo And The Two Strings', Oregon, USA: Lakai, 2016, Film.