Stop motion Applied Lesson 1


Introduction to stop motion

Introduction

Watch the video for an introduction to the lesson.

Lesson overview

Duration 0:54

Watch the video in full screen

Understanding the tasks

Rating the tasks

This lesson contains a few activities. Each activity will have one or more tasks. These tasks have been given a rating.

Some of the tasks in this lesson are must do. These are important to help you understand the introductory ideas or skills.

Have a go at the should do tasks and reach out to your friends or teacher if you need some advice. These will usually take a bit longer to complete than must do tasks.

Could do tasks will probably take you some extra time and might need you to get creative or problem solve. We strongly encourage you to try these.

Activity 1 - What is stop motion?

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Task 1 - What is stop motion?

  1. Watch the video, What is Stop Motion Animation and How does it work?

  2. Use information from the video to complete the interactive questions.

What is Stop Motion Animation and How does it work?

Duration 2:28

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Task 2 - Example of stop motion

Watch the video and complete the questions throughout to deepen your understanding of stop motion.

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Task 3 - Science of stop motion

  1. Watch this video that explains how stop motion animation began.

  2. Complete this stop motion timeline.

  • Click on the button to open a new tab and view the Google Slide.

  • Click on the Use Template button to create a copy for you to edit.

How stop motion animation began

Duration 4.50

Activity 2 - The design brief

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Task 1 - The design brief

Work through the interactive below to develop your understanding of the design brief for your project this week.

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Task 2 - Reflect on your ideas

Choose your two favourite ideas for your stop motion and compare them.

  • Click on the image to open a new tab and view the Google Slide.

  • Click on the Use Template button to create a copy for you to edit.

image link to idea reflection template
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Task 3 - Develop your idea

Choose your favourite idea and complete this planning document to develop it.

  • Click on the image to open a new tab and view the Google Slide.

  • Click on the Use Template button to create a copy for you to edit.

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Handing in your work

Don't forget to hand in the work you completed today!

  • Your teacher will have told you to do one of the following:

    • Upload any digital documents you created and any photos you took of your written work to your Learning Management system (MS Teams, Google Classroom for example).

    • Email any digital documents you created and any photos you took of your written work to your teacher.

Make sure you keep any handwritten work you did in your exercise book or folder as your teacher may need to see these when you are back in class.