Maja Korn<\/a>, a student of Timebased Media at Hochschule Mainz University of Applied Sciences. Korn\u2019s cut-out paper project was an assignment in a stop motion animation course by Franziska von Holst. \u201cWe learned and tried out new techniques every week,\u201d the animator told us. \u201cSo this project was me trying out cut out\/paper animation for the first time.\u201d<\/p>\nThe kinetic result is certainly impressive for a first attempt.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wanted to work with layers and I thought it would be cool to have some sort of inverted look, that is why instead of having a paper dot move around I cut a hole into the paper for each\u00a0frame. Hence I had to prepare every single\u00a0frame\u00a0beforehand. I made a layout for the shapes and movements in After Effects, then I assembled the frames and shot them using\u00a0Dragonframe.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs it was my first time doing paper animation, I couldn\u2019t really imagine what the outcome would exactly look like but this was really exciting. Doing it again, I would plan more time for the preparation of frames and I would make them bigger. I had 10 frames on one sheet of paper and it was the smallest my camera could capture, also flaws are much more noticeable with such a small size, they become huge.\u201d<\/p>\n
While this is true, some might say flaws like an imperfectly cut piece of paper make a piece more visually interesting and, of course, more obviously done by hand in a sea of done by computer work. So we are fans for sure.<\/p>\n
We asked Korn what\u2019s up next for her: \u201cAt the moment I am working on the last stop motion project for this semester and then I will start to focus on my bachelor thesis, which will probably be an animation project about Long Covid.\u201d <\/p>\n
Good luck, Maja, we look forward to seeing more!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n