2 files available upon enrollment
🏗️ Materials Required:
✓ Smartphone or Tablet (Android or iOS)
    If you only have a computer, you could either run the android apps on your PC with BlueStacks: 
    https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/3-free-ways-to-run-android-apps-on-your-pc
    Or you could try installing a Stop Motion program for Windows: https://fixthephoto.com/best-free-stop-motion-software.html
    Here is a link to Stop Motion Studio on the PC or Mac: https://www.cateater.com/
✓ Lapse It or Lapse It Pro (to animate the student art)
    Stop Motion Studio is another program that works well: https://www.cateater.com/

🏗️ Highly Recommended Materials:
      (These materials are what most students will use in the class. But they are not required for the class.)
    ✔️ Modeling/Oil-Based Clay 
          (Modeling Clay is the best material for Stop Motion characters. But paper, toys, random objects -  or even people - can also be used.)
    ✔️ Legos
    ✔️ Colored Paper
    ✔️ Scissors
    ✔️ Large Box - For Setting Up Background
          (This might not be necessary if your scene is located outdoors or in your home.)
    ✔️Scotch Tape and Glue

📎 Suggested Materials:
    ✔️ Smartphone Camera Stand (If you are using a Smartphone and it doesn’t have a kickstand case)
    ✔️ Plastic construction toy blocks
    ✔️ Toothpicks and paperclips
    ✔️ Tablecloth
    ✔️ Sculpting tools
    ✔️ Styrofoam, armature wire, and/or foil
    ✔️ Pipecleaners
    ✔️ Toys
    ✔️ Beads and/or Buttons
    ✔️ Scraps of cloth.

Optional: 
    ✔️ Flipaclip App Software (For Android or iOS)
    This animation software app has the ability to easily import Stop Motion videos and add some fun "rotoscoping" effects. 
    Rotoscoping effects work great with Stopmotion! You can use it to make toy or clay characters fire lasers! Or add explosions!
    (I also do a class on adding Rotoscoping effects with Flipaclip: https://outschool.com/classes/making-stunning-animated-effects-in-movies-intro-to-rotoscoping-BsAiRsio?usid=fF9cKM18&signup=true&utm_campaign=share_activity_link)

📢 Please install Zoom on the same device as the Lapse It Software. That way the instructor will be able to see what the student is doing and be able to help the student if they are having any difficulties. 

In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Stop Motion Studio
Lapse It
Flip A Clip

Pretty much anything can be used for Stop-Motion, whether it be clay, paper, toys, craft materials, etc.

If the learner chooses to use paper (cut-out animation) or some other craft materials for creating their Stop-Motion characters or scenes, some of the tools need to do these things could be potential hazards.
Scissors and sculping tools may be needed while creating Stop Motion characters or scenes, which could be pointy and/or sharp. Paper could even given children paper cuts. 

Since most materials are optional, it is up to the parent to decide what the child can or can not use.