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The first activity to understand the process of stop motion is to make a small flip book ourselves
The first activity to understand the process of stop motion is to make a small flip book ourselves
Week One
Week One
Ako - to know - Learn: what do you already know about stop motion?
Brainstorm some words together.
Examples of stop motion presented
Waihanga - to act - Create: Figuring out imperfection and illustration - research page
Character drawings based on what you read - how do we make them look interesting?
Introducing Quentin Blake. Drawing from Quentin Blake
You will be expected to take notes and follow what we are doing carefully.
Tohatoha - To value - Share:
Outcomes will be 2 - 4 pages of drawing and notes in your folders - some of these will be from Quentin Blake's site, some will be your own interpretations
Key Questions:
Key Questions:
What do you know about Roald Dahl stories?
What do you know about QUENTIN BLAKE?
Who has used imovie for fun?
Who has used a camera before and played around with the different settings?
How do you identify the main characters of a story?
What is a plot?
7 & 8 TZ Manaakitanga Padlet Ideas
7 & 8 TZ Manaakitanga Padlet Ideas
7 & 8 TS Manaakitanga Padlet Ideas
7 & 8 TS Manaakitanga Padlet Ideas
AKO/Learn - to know: what is a story board
What is a narrative?
WAIHANGA/Create - to act:
Come up with an initial idea for your story. Narrative structure.
Who are your characters?
What is your story going to be about?
Storyboard - thumbnail sketches of scenes - camera angles powerpoint and discuss how different angles make a film interesting and the viewer engage more. Make sure that they include:
2 close ups
An establishing shot
tracking/panning
Week 3-6 - Character Design
Week 3-6 - Character Design
Ako - Learn - to know:
What makes a character interesting and engaging? Discussion together
WAIHANGA - Create - to act:
Have a go at designing the main characters in your story. Remember there should only be 3 or 4 as we are doing short films. Think about:
+ Facial features - over exaggerate them!
+ Colours
+ Body types
list your characters, make notes about their characteristics - happy, sad, short, tall, gender etc.
If you are working in groups, assign each person with a character to make. You can also make props. You will have one more lesson after this to create your characters, and then we are into filming your stop motions.
Week 8 - Filming!
Week 8 - Filming!
What do we need to make a good stop motion film?
What do we need to make a good stop motion film?
+ Camera (chrome book)
+ our characters
+ a story line to follow
+ back drop
Each movement MUST be photographed
Share - Tohatoha - spend some time photographing all your pieces for you film. These will be posted to your blog. Discuss the process of creating and how you worked as a team. What is your film about?
Ako ki te hanga - have a go at using the stop motion app for chrome. Get a feel for how it works and try do some filming with one of your characters - get them to do a dance or to move from one side of the frame to the other
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