DIY Tripod

Have the STUDENTS research and build their own DIY Cellphone Tripod (SAFELY of course!). They will need it for animation projects, and different households will have different resources and solutions. A YOUTUBE search on DIY Cell Phone Tripod should generate some suitable solutions. Parental consent might be wise to avoid the potential of cracked screens.

Draw My (Quarantined) Life

Merge illustrations with audio to tell a short story - What is your daily routine under quarantine? How is your household adapting? What do you do to optimize your quality of life?

Rotoscoping

Record no more than 10 seconds of yourself performing an interesting move on your cellphone. Import the footage into Adobe Animate, and use the brush tool to trace over the dark areas frame by frame to create a n animated GIF rotoscope that could be used as an avatar on social media.

NOTE - This can also be done on Chromebooks using Wick Editor!

Blender 2.8

3D Modelling and animation - There are plenty of step by step tutorials for beginners

But Wait! - Blender also looks amazing at 2D Animation as well!

UnReal Engine

Learn how to create CG environments and games - FREE application! Marc Dubeau lives and breathes this stuff!

Principles of Animation

Getting started in Animation (What is Animation, Vocabulary, The 12 Principles of Animation, Types of Animation, Animation Process... https://www.bloopanimation.com/animation-for-beginners/

Stop Motion

See the following like on how to set up your own stop motion studio https://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Stop-Motion-Animation

• 8 StopMotion Tricks