Frame-By-Frame Stop Motion: The Guide to Non-Puppet Photographic Animation Techniques, Second Edition by Tom Gasek from CRC Press offers hands-on experience and various tricks, tips, and exercises to help strengthen skills and produce effective results. Interviews from experts in the field offer not only offer inspiration but also help readers learn how to apply skills and new applications. The companion website offers further instruction, recommended films, tools, and resources for the both the novice and the expert.
Chapter 2: Shooting Frame by Frame
Chapter 3: Pixilation
Chapter 4: Time Lapse
Chapter 5: Cinematography, Lighting and Composition
Chapter 6: Objects, People & Places
Chapter 7: The Multiplane Down-shooter
Chapter 8: Collage (The Digital Advantage)
Chapter 9: Visual Rhythm
Chapter 10: A Sense of Drama
Chapter 11: Massaging Frames in the Edit
Chapter 12: Off to the Market