Stop motion Applied
Lesson 2
Character and setting design
Introduction
Watch the video for an introduction to the lesson.
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 - Character design in stop motion
Task 1 - Points to consider in character design
Work through the interactive below to learn about points of articulation and revise colour and shape associations.
Task 2 - Design your character
Watch this video.
Then, design your character/s using Google Slides.
Remember to use colour associations and shape language.
Note: Instead or as well as watching the video, you can read instructions about how to design a character.
Activity 2 - Your setting
Task 1 - Design your setting
Explore the setting below by clicking on the 'hotspots'.
Task 2 - Plan your setting
Plan how your setting will look and move.
Click on the image to open the Plan your setting template.
Click on 'Use template' to create an editable version.
Task 3 - Create your setting
Watch this video, Creating a setting in Google slides.
Go to the Google slide that you created your character in.
On a new slide, create your setting.
Designing a setting in Google slides
Duration: 5:29
Activity 3 - Creating a scene
Task 1 - Create your scene
Watch the video about how to place your character in your scene.
Task 2 - Test your scene
Watch this video, Testing the character and setting.
Test your own character and setting against these criteria:
my character's size makes sense in my setting
my character stands out enough in my setting
my character can move in the ways I need them to - e.g they can wave/walk etc
my setting can move in the ways I need it to.
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.