Equipment includes:

  • Dragonframe, industry standard stop motion software.
  • Modular puppet animation stages
  • Historical animation camera stands for multiplane and top down shooting.
  • Lighting equipment for stop motion (RGBW LED and tungsten fresnel kits)
  • Lighting accessories for stop motion (flags, screens, gels, diffusers etc)
  • Grip equipment for stop motion (Lighting grid, C-stands, puppet tripods, backdrops, mounts, specialized clamps etc)
  • Ditogear motion control for Dragonframe (Linear slider, pan/tilt, zoom/focus control, min-jib)
  • Ditogear DMX lighting control for Dragonframe
  • Canon Rebel Series DSLRs (with macro, wide angle and Nikon lens options)

Motion Control rig in the Camera Room with motorized slider, pan/tilt head, lens and focus drive, and mini-jib.

The motion control rig with motorized slider, pan/tilt head, lens and focus drive, and mini-jib.

Portman animation stand
Portman animation stand.

If you are interested in using the Camera Room, please contact the Animation Technicians for a workshop.

Once you have been shown how to use the equipment and given card access, you can book the different stations from the Animation Studio web page using the Yocale widget in the bottom right corner.

Last modified: Wednesday, 5 October 2022, 4:21 PM