Stop-Frame Animation | How It's Made | Science Channel · Science Channel
揭秘定格动画的制作过程，了解幕后团队如何协作完成一个动画场景。适合练习动画制作、团队合作和细节描述。
Bringing a make -believe world to life through Stop Frame Animation takes a large and talented team,
通过定格动画（Stop Frame Animation）将一个虚构的世界呈现出来，需要一个规模庞大且才华横溢的团队来完成。
which includes writers, directors, animators, set and prop makers, camera crews, and of course,
其中包括编剧、导演、动画师、布景师和道具制作师、摄影团队，当然还有……
puppet makers, who create, maintain, and repair the puppets.
木偶制作人负责制作、维护和修理木偶。
To see how Stop Frame Animation works, let's rewind this scene, which stars Timmy and features a red balloon.
为了了解“定格动画”（Stop Frame Animation）的工作原理，让我们将这个场景倒回播放。这个场景的主角是蒂米（Timmy），其中还有一个红色的气球。
The director takes the writer's script and breaks down each scene of the episode into a series of shots.
导演将编剧撰写的剧本中的每个场景分解成一系列具体的镜头（即拍摄画面）。
This shooting script then goes to the storyboard artist, who draws each shot of the scene on a digital storyboard tablet.
这份拍摄脚本随后会被交给故事板艺术家，该艺术家会在数字故事板平板上绘制出场景中的每一个镜头。
For each scene, the director prepares a set plan, detailing the background elements,
对于每一个场景，导演都会制定一个详细的场景布置方案，其中会详细说明背景元素的具体设置。
the puppet placement, and the camera angles.
木偶的摆放位置以及摄像机的拍摄角度。
The storyboard artist sends his drawings to the editor, who works with the director to edit them into an animatic,
故事板艺术家将他的绘图作品发送给编辑，编辑会与导演合作，将这些绘图内容剪辑成动画形式。
a still drawing version of the episode.
该剧集的静态绘图版本。
Actors meanwhile have recorded the dialogue in a sound studio.
与此同时，演员们在录音室里完成了对话部分的录制工作。
Now, the editor cuts that dialogue into the animatic.
现在，编辑会将这段对话剪辑到动画片段中。
The visuals in this soundtrack must be perfectly synchronized,
这段配乐中的视觉效果必须实现完美的同步。
because the animators will use the animatic as a frame -by -frame guide for moving the puppet's bodies and lips.
因为动画师会将这些动画预览图（即“Animatic”文件）作为逐帧参考，来控制木偶的身体和嘴唇的动作。
The show's animators refer to a large schedule board, to see which scenes they've been assigned to animate.
该节目的动画师们会查看一块大型的日程安排板，以确定自己被分配负责制作哪些动画场景。
A printout of the animatic shows all the episode's shots at a glance.
该动画剧本的打印输出版本可以让人一目了然地看到整集剧中的所有镜头。
In the art department, construction of the episode's costumes and props is well underway.
在艺术部门，该剧集的服装和道具的制作工作已经全面展开。
To make a few red balloons, for example, the prop makers sculpt one out of molding material and use it to produce a hard silicone mold.
例如，要制作几个红色气球，模型制作师会先用成型材料制作出一个初始模型，然后利用这个模型来制作一个坚硬的硅胶模具。
Then they pour a thick setting resin into the mold cavity.
然后，他们将一种粘稠的固化树脂倒入模具的型腔中。
After the resin has hardened overnight, they open up the mold and extract the casting.
树脂经过一夜的固化后，他们打开模具并将铸件取出。
They drill a hole in the bottom,
他们在底部钻了一个洞。
dab some glue inside,
在里面涂一点胶水。
then insert a small triangular peg, also made of quick -setting resin.
然后插入一个小三角形木钉，这个木钉也是用速干树脂制成的。
This forms the tied balloon end of the balloon.
这就是气球的“系绳端”（即用于固定气球的那一端）。
Now, a coat of gray primer.
现在，先涂一层灰色底漆。
Then, once it dries, red paint.
然后，等它干燥后，再涂上红色颜料。
When the paint dries, they drill another tiny hole at the base of the balloon,
当油漆干透后，他们会在气球的底部再钻一个小孔。
and insert a strand of flexible copper wire wrapped in cotton thread.
然后插入一根用棉线包裹起来的柔性铜线。
This is the balloon string.
这就是气球的系绳。
The team of animators shoots several scenes concurrently.
动画制作团队会同时拍摄多个场景。
Therefore, in the puppet department, model makers produce multiple puppets for each character,
因此，在木偶制作部门，模型制作者会为每个角色制作多个木偶。
plus lots of extra body parts.
另外还有许多额外的身体部位。
Certain puppet body parts, such as hands and wings, are made of silicone,
某些木偶的身体部位（如手和翅膀）是由硅胶制成的。
with a wire skeleton within.
内部装有金属骨架支撑结构。
After forming the wire to shape and applying a base coat of silicone,
在将金属丝塑形并涂上第一层硅胶涂层之后，
the puppet maker lays it in a two -part mold, then fills both cavities with silicone.
木偶制作者将木偶模型放入一个由两部分组成的模具中，随后用硅胶填充模具内的两个空腔。
She closes the mold,
她合上了模具。
clamps it tightly shut, and leaves the silicone to set overnight.
将其紧紧夹闭，然后让硅胶在夜间固化。
The flexible wire skeleton at
这种灵活的金属丝骨架……
the stop frame animation, the more movable the puppet and its facial features,
停帧动画的效果会更好；木偶及其面部特征的活动范围越大，动画效果就越显著。