The Muppets go to Animation School
3d Computer Animation Programs
Computer animation programs now provide techniques that make the production of puppet based animation very much easier and faster than previously. Not only is it possible to produce string and glove puppet animation with smoother and more life-like actions and situations, "clay" puppet productions can also be produced many times faster, with much more entertaining and appropriate backgrounds.Animation schools have courses on the different kinds of computer animation programs that are used in this area. Many animation schools provide online courses in this and other specialist subjects. Software provides stop motion techniques, allowing the positioning and production of foam based puppets and giving the flexibility to change scenes and to check the quality and progress of production. Increasingly animation degrees include courses covering this form of animation as well as the more mainstream 2d techniques.
You can create a fun and lucrative animation career in this area, particularly if you are interested in sculpture as an artistic medium. Your animation career can cover movies and television, and you can create a niche in the animation world for your work on animated puppets.
