Stop Motion

How might you create a stop motion video to explain the theme or message of your favourite Silver Birch book? How might you use stop motion to teach your viewer about the topic in your favourite Yellow Cedar book?

Stop motion movie explores the theme of a Silver Birch book or teaches about the topic of a Yellow Cedar book.
The creator has made a video that is at least 100-150 frames and is easily understood by the viewer.
The creator has included a short written description of their stop motion video.

cinematographic technique whereby the camera is repeatedly stopped and started, for example to give animated figures the impression of movement.

~dictionary.com

Give careful thought to the plot and in particular, the message you want to get across to your audience.
Ensure that you keep in mind other ingredients of narratives, including setting, characters, and theme.
You can use clay, lego, drawings/whiteboard, paper, pivot or other mediums to present your story.

When making your stop-motion, think about:

- the use of words, text and background

- using simple motion

- telling the story between characters using their expressions, body language, gestures and music/sound

- maybe varying the speed and camera angle

- how will you tell your audience understand your story

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