redsquirrel Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 My kids are sort of weird luddites. They have very little media in their lives (I don't even have a cell phone) but they like the idea of creating with it. They want to make movies, claymation, lego movies etc. I mean they WANT to. They talk about it all the time. They are 10 and about to be 6 BTW. There is a place in town called 'media camp' where they teach claymation and all that stuff but it is VERY expensive. I don't begrudge them the $$ but I don't have that much for two kids. I could spend 100$ for software that would get used again and again or some $$ for a camera etc. That is possible. I just don't want to spend 250$ for a 6 week class and THEN have to spend money on software and a camera so we can do it at home, kwim? I just know that there are people here with movie making kids who can give me some guidance. We own a digital camara and we got the older boy a flip camera. I know it can do more than what they have it do but I am not sure how to learn about it. We've never even posted a video to youtube or anthing like that. I know some kids make movies right on the computer, not claymation, but digital or something. How do they do that? My husband is comfortable with technology, I can figure stuff out. We've just never said "hey, let's make a movie" so we don't know where to begin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted January 6, 2011 Author Share Posted January 6, 2011 Bumping this! I just know someone here can direct me to something so we can do stop motion and/or claymation or even animation. Don't make me write to David Pogue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happi duck Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Klutz has a book on video tricks: http://www.klutz.com/tv?merch_location=Product%20Detail%20You%20May%20Also%20Like and a book on Animation: http://www.klutz.com/animation?merch_location=Search%20Results%20Listing and a download for stop animation: http://video.klutz.com/animation/ We haven't used these personally but they look great. I think there was a recc. for the animation book on the forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted January 6, 2011 Author Share Posted January 6, 2011 Thank you! I can't believe I never thought of klutz. We love klutz books but I have never seen these. This is perfect! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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