Stop Motion Animation 101: Getting Started (No Experience Needed!)

Curious about stop motion? Learn the tools, techniques, and simple setup to start creating your own animations!

Note: Start time updated to 6:30 PM (Doors open at 6 PM)

This workshop is designed for adults. Teens 16+ are welcome.

What you’ll learn

• How stop motion animation works (frame-by-frame basics)
• Different styles and approaches
• Simple tools you can use at home (even just your phone!)
• How to start bringing your own ideas to life

This is a demonstration-style intro, perfect for beginners who want to understand the process before diving into hands-on creation.

Special Guest Teaching Artist

This workshop features local animator and Montserrat College of Art student Lyss Lentini, whose work focuses on stop motion and post-production.

What you’ll get

Each participant will receive a piece of moldable plasticine (non-drying clay) to take home so you can start experimenting on your own.

Want to keep going?

BevCam members get access to:

• DSLR cameras
• Professional stop motion software (DragonFrame)
• Edit suites for continued practice

Non-members and members alike are welcome—we’d love to see you there!

(P.S. We’ll also be offering hands-on workshops just for kids soon)

About Lyss

Lyss Lentini doesn’t believe in being just one thing. As an animator, they have worked in virtually every medium that they have access to, with a main focus in stop motion animation and post production. They find inspiration in the weird and unpredictable, like mixed media animation and 80s movies with practical effects. Animation to them is about creating life, whether that be from a drawing, a vectorized line, or a ball of wool. They will make it happen.