Stopmotion Explosion ~ A Review

Stopmotion Explosion has a pretty awesome product that my daughters have been having so much fun creating animated videos with called, Stop Motion Animation Kit. Let your imagination go wild and create amazing high-definition animated films with this kit. The kit is suitable for all age and ability levels. 

The Stopmotion Explosion Quick Start Guide walks you step-by-step through the set up process of getting started. Links are also included on their site for those that prefer to watch video tutorials. 

Includes 1080p HD video camera with internal microphone, manual focus, and clip, the 290+ page Stopmotion Explosion book, and animation software.

No CD-ROM drive required, install via CD or download from our site. 

Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10 & OS X 7.5+ compatible.

Learn how to animate gigantic explosions, gunfire, laser blasters, lightsabers and rocket-launch effects.

Learn how to build sets.

Learn about lighting and sound.

Learn about video editing.

Animate battle sequences with detailed breakdowns of roundhouse kicks, uppercuts, and punches.

There is a great help desk if you need additional support via e-mail. 

The Stopmotion Explosion Animate Anything and Make Movies book is a 294 page book full of how to get the most out of your camera and your Stopmotion Explosion purchase. There are 17 chapters which include:

1. How Movies Work
2. Animation Actors
3. Creating Stories
4. Building Sets
5. Cameras
6. Lighting
7. Composition
8. Animating
9. Flight
10. The Art of War
11. Sound
12. Video Editing
13. Files and Formats
14. Frame Conversion
15. Sharing Your Animations
16. Animating with DSLRs
17. What Next?

My daughters ages 12 and 16 had so much fun creating short videos with the Stop Motion Animation Kit. At first they were a bit confused as to how to get started. My daughters would be considered technology challenged. They know how to use the computer to write papers for school and search the internet and such but beyond that, that is about it. This was definitely out of their normal scope of interests. I really wanted to challenge them to try something new. They enlisted the help of their 18 year old brother. Once they understood how to work everything they were off and running. They both love Harry Potter and so of course they decided to create many Harry Potter short videos for fun. They actually were quite impressed at how easy it was to make their own animated videos. After awhile they were laughing and having so much fun. My 16 year old said, "Who knew that a nerdy bookworm could have so much fun with something like this." When my son was helping his sisters get stuff all set up he said, "Wow, I sure wish I would have had a cool set-up like this when I was a couple of years younger and I was doing stopmotion stuff on my computer. I was doing it the hard way. This would have made it so much easier." 

Here is one of their videos that they created. 

I would most definitely recommend this kit for those that have kiddos interested in film and animation. 

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