Stop motion as a medium to teach and learn experimental animation / Siti Hajar Aznam and Hafizah Rosli

Fourth Industrial Revolution has made an impact on
teaching and learning activities in the millennial era. The
animation is no exception. In this context, the stop-motion
techniques have been chosen to explore as part of
enhancing teaching and learning experimental animation. Its
required basic instrument but the outcome will be beyond the
imagination. Stop-motion is one of animation technique that
engages a basic technique in creating animation. This paper
aims to identify the use of stop-motion in teaching and learning
experimental animation in order to discover the new invention,
avant-garde idea and techniques through stop motion. In this
research qualitative methodology had been used. The
observation process had been done with animation student within
their one-semester class. The main focus on the observation was
the developments of experimental animation through the stopmotion
technique in three (3) stages, which is pre-production,
production, and post-production. As a result of this study, the
students have explored the new discoveries on the idea and
techniques that they never used it before in the process of creating
experimental animation. The outcome of this research will be a
guideline for others who keen to learn experimental animation in
the future.