Four Questions.

1. What technology, equipment and software are you likely to use as a practitioner?


Working with stop-motion animation, I' am likely to encounter programs such as Final Cut Pro and other more stop-motion animation specific programs. The main, and quite obvious equipment I'll require in this model is a camera - I actually own a dslr with a large sized memory card, so this shouldn't be a problem. Other resources I will need to access are the stop-motion apparatus/camera frame, various mediums (papers, mouldable and shapeable clays/plasticines e.t.c). I may also require lighting equipment (attached to the camera frame for stop motion animation).


2. Identify gaps in your knowledge?


I lack a lot of experience with stop-motion animation but have enough curiosity to be enthusiastic and passionate about this module. I lack knowledge in various programs that might prove themselves important in my practise. There's alot I don't know about the range of traditional stop-motion techniques, so the next 5/6 should introduce me to most, if not all of them.


3. What projects are you doing to support this learning?


4. How do broader developments in technology affect the future of visual communications?


I believe the use of stop-motion will exist just as prominently as it already dose over the next few decades, possibly experiencing a commercial revival at some point.