Stop Motion Tutorial: Sound for Animation

A good soundtrack will make or break an animated movie. In this tutorial, we will look at the art of creating great sound effects, including downloading, creating unique sound effects, foley, music, and editing.

Please see my other tutorials on how to animate to music, dancing, make a puppet, camera moves, lip sync, and other stop motion subjects: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL44F7344428AB62FC

Software
Animation: Dragonframe

Audio Recording: Audacity and Quicktime Player

Editing: Adobe Premiere Pro

Camera: I'm using a DSLR. But if you're not there yet, a good option is a camcorder that can run a live video signal to your computer. But these days a mobile device with a camera running a stop motion app is all you need. The principles discussed in this video will also apply to animation recorded with a mobile device.

Links
Free Sound: https://freesound.org/
Free Sound Effects: https://www.freesoundeffects.com/
Sound Bible: https://soundbible.com/
Audacity: https://www.audacityteam.org/
Free Stock Music: https://www.free-stock-music.com/
FILMSTRO: https://filmstro.com/music
Stop Motion Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF5sj9MWBYQ&list=PL44F7344428AB62FC&index=15&t=27s
Be My Guest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyWgXD_ULS8&list=PL9272B3B44F908616&index=1&t=2s

Shopping for Puppet-Making:
Clay (Van Aken, Sculpy III), armature wire, cotton batting to build up puppet: Arts/craft store like Hobby Lobby or amazon.com.

Armature kit: stopmotionstore.com

Puppet clothes (Barbie/Ken clothes: dept store, ebay, amazon.com
16-gauge aluminum armature wire (from an art store or Amazon, not the hardware store)

Pre-wrap (Sporting good or drug store)

Cotton batting or foam (quilting supplies from craft or sewing store)

For the head, aluminum foil or wood ball (craft store)

Just about everything here can be found on Amazon if you don't have all these kinds of stores in your area. You can also get animation supplies from stopmotionstore.com.