Young adults in grades six through twelve were invited to learn about stop motion filmmaking during the C.H. Booth Library’s recent Animation Lab on September 11.

Half a dozen students gathered in the chbMAKERS’ Corner to receive a brief tutorial on the unique cinematography technique from Young Adult Librarian Abbey Lynch.

Stop motion animation generally consists of objects manually being moved in small increments, then photographed. When all the frames are put together to play in sequence, it creates the appearance of the object moving independently.

Ms Lynch remained onsite to answer any questions the students had, and each movie-maker worked independently or with a partner using the myCreate app on an iPad supplied by the library.

“They have great ideas,” Ms Lynch said of the students who attended the Animation Lab. “They’re creative kids.”

Students used a variety of different colored Play-Doh and beads to create characters. Some even chose to use backdrops that came with the library’s animation kits.

At the end of the Animation Lab, once everyone had put away their movie props, the class gathered around to enjoy a special viewing party of everyone’s work they created that day.

To register for upcoming programs at the C.H. Booth Library, visit chboothlibrary.org.