In Term 3 we are learning about animation, and leading towards creating a flip book to demonstrate our understanding of animation.

Materials We Need For This Unit:

-2 Post-it Note Pads (the bigger the better)

or

-Small exercise book with lots of pages

or

-If you don't have sticky note pads or an exercise book, you could ask your parents to help construct a mini book with paper, scissors and stapler or maybe your parents have a spare novel (thick book) that you can use.

-Internet.

-Grey Lead Pencil

-Stick/skewer/pencil

-Card or paper

-May need additional materials if you would like to extend on a flip book

Summary of the Flip Book Unit:

Week 1: Intro and create a 'persistence of vision artwork'.

Week 2: Create a quick practice flip book.

Week 3: Create a mini story and images for our flip book.

Week 4: Begin our amazing final flip book.

Week 5: 'Finish' our flip book.

Extension: Create an animation using a different technique or create a new flip book.

July 20-24 (Lesson 1): Persistence of Vision

I have a few questions for you:

What is animation?

When was it invented?

Who invented it?

Have a look at the video below to discover the answer to these questions:

https://safeYouTube.net/w/7zMN

So, animation is the technique of combining still images to create the illusion of movement.

Task:

Today we are not creating an animation. Instead, we are going to create a quick artwork about 'persistence of vision'.

Our eyes see about 20 frames a second. Ever noticed when a fly flaps its wings we can barely see the wings, and if we can, they look like a blur. This is because they are moving so fast, our eye can't keep up. This is an example of 'persistence of vision'.

I would like you to do the following:

1. Watch this video: https://safeyoutube.net/w/qSMN

2. Create your own bird in a cage using the techniques and processes you saw in the video. If you like, rather than creating a bird in a cage, you could create something else such as a dragon on a mountain, or a person behind bars. Remember to refine your artwork once you have 'finished' it

3. Extension: Create a new one

Can't wait to see you 'persistence of vision' artwork uploaded to Seesaw and at our next Zoom meeting :)

Learning Intention:

To understand how the eye interoperates movement

Success Criteria:

I can identify how the human eye sees movement

I can describe what 'persistence of vision' is

I can create an artwork that demonstrates 'persistence of vision'

I can refine my artwork or create a new one to improve my construction techniques

July 27-31 (Lesson 2):

Practice flip Book

Lets take a look at different ways we can create animations without using a video camera by viewing this video:

https://safeyoutube.net/w/tTMN

Amazing! So, today we are going to create a practice flip book animation. The last animation in the video we just watched was a flip book animation.

1. Watch this clip: https://safeyoutube.net/w/kcNN

2. Think about how far the artist separated each new 'frame' from the previous one and the accuracy that they used

3. Think about how neat the artist was. The neater the better.

4. Try to recreate exactly what the artist made

5. Once you have finished, on the last page write yourself some feedback (what i did well and what I could improve).

6. Now write some feedforward (what actions are you going to do to make your final flip book even better)

Looking forward to seeing your creation at our next Zoom meeting.

Learning Intention:

To develop animation skills, techniques and knowledge

Success Criteria:

I can identify how to make a flip book animation

I can describe the spacing needed between each 'frame' and the accuracy required

I can construct a practice flip book

I can reflect on what went well and what I need to improve (feedback) and describe what I will do the same and differently for my final flip book (feed-forward)

August 3-7 (Lesson 3): Developing mini-story and characters

For this lesson, we are not starting our final flip book. Instead, we are:

1. Drafting our own mini story

2. Drafting our own unique characters.

Draft Mini-Story

So, what could your story be about? Here are some examples (no you can't use one of the examples. You need to brainstorm, your own unique idea):

Person flies a rocket to the moon

Person grabs a balloon and floats up, but a bird flies into the balloon and pops it

Two cats hiss (use a talking bubble for 'hiss') and have a blurry fight. When the blur fades away, the two cats turn into a dog.

Now write your story at the top of a piece of paper.

Draft Characters

Below your mini-story, i would now like you to draw your main characters. They need to be simple but look great. Why do they need to be simple... because you will need to draw them over and over again later.

Check out this video of examples of characters and stories:

https://safeyoutube.net/w/shNN

Looking forward to seeing an hearing about your stories and characters at our next zoom meeting.

Learning Intention

To develop characters and a story line

Success Criteria:

I can identify what type of story line and characters will work well for a flip book

I can brainstorm multiple story lines and characters

I can identify the character(s) and story line that will work well for my flip book

I can reflect on the quality of my favorite character(s) and refine it/them

August 10-14 (Lesson 4): Beginning our final flip book

OK everyone, we are ready to start our final flip book!!!

1. So, think about your feed-forward from a few weeks ago. What are you going to do differently to make an even better flip book than your first?

Are you going to draw neater?

Are you going to position your objects more accurately on each frame.

Are you going to make bigger or smaller changes between each frame?

Are you going to simplify your images more, or will you be able to make it even more complicated?

Did you have enough pages to do what you want?

2. Begin your final animation, thinking about your feed-forward, your story and your characters

Handy tip: lightly draw the main outline of your animation in pencil. If you realise something isn't working, you can simply rub it out, if it is working, you can go over it in pen.

Good luck. Looking forward to seeing your half finished final flip books at our next zoom meeting.

This week you will create a quick positive and negative space drawing. Here are the procedures for you to follow:

1. Watch this video: https://safeyoutube.net/w/37GR

2. Get some white A4 paper and cut it in half

3. Draw the silhouette of something. It could be a cat, dog, chair, plant, cup... anything

4. With a ruler, draw a line down the middle of your silhouette

5. Colour one side of your silhouette in black

6. Colour the background of the opposite side in black

7. Upload your artwork to Seesaw!

Nōtan is Japanese for “light-dark harmony.” This week you will make a simple Japanese abstract Notan. Abstract means an artwork that doesn't represent anything from real life. If you drew random patterns, they are abstract. If you draw a Pokemon, this is not abstract. Drawing something from real life is known as 'figurative'

Here is what you need to do:

1. Watch this video: https://safeyoutube.net/w/VmDS

2. Get some A4 white paper and colour or black paper that is half the size. If you don't have colour paper, you can colour in some white paper with black marker or pencil

3. Draw some shapes on your black/colour paper. Make sure your shapes start and end at the edge of the paper, just like in the video. As you can see with the images to the left and below, you can make it simple or complex as you like.

4. Very accurately cut out your shapes. You will need the shapes, and the 'background' so be careful

5. Glue your 'background' black/coloured paper onto the center of the white paper.

6. Glue all the shapes onto your white paper in the right position. Look at the video to find out exactly where to place them

7. Upload you artwork to seesaw :)

This week we will be creating our figurative Japanese Notan. Here is what you need to do:

1. Re-watch this video: https://safeyoutube.net/w/UvES

2. Get your materials out: glue, scissors, pencil, black paper (or equivalent) and white paper (twice the size of the black paper)

3. Look at your two designs from last week. Which one do you like the most? Re-draw your favorite on the black paper.

4. Very accurately cut out your shapes/'background

5. Glue your background on the center of the white paper

6. Glue the shapes in the right place on the white paper

7. Upload your artwork onto Seesaw. Congratulation, you have finished your unit on positive/negative space!