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**Challenge **
**Challenge **
Create a Stop Animation Movie that tells a story or demonstrates how to do something or simply expresses your creativity!
Create a Stop Animation Movie that tells a story or demonstrates how to do something or simply expresses your creativity!
Inspiration
Inspiration
To begin with, watch the two stop animation videos on the Stop Animation Page to get a good understanding of what stop animation is. Then go to the Stop Animation Library and view the examples of stop animation movies that others have created. There is a tutorial on how to use a digital stop animation program on that page as well.
To begin with, watch the two stop animation videos on the Stop Animation Page to get a good understanding of what stop animation is. Then go to the Stop Animation Library and view the examples of stop animation movies that others have created. There is a tutorial on how to use a digital stop animation program on that page as well.
Click on and view the How to Animate Resource below and get familiar with the simple process of animation. Once you have made a simple film using the five steps in the resource, you are ready to take on the Stop Motion Animation Challenge..
Click on and view the How to Animate Resource below and get familiar with the simple process of animation. Once you have made a simple film using the five steps in the resource, you are ready to take on the Stop Motion Animation Challenge..
Stop Motion_ How to Animate.pdfEquipment
Equipment
Think about what types of cameras you have available to use: iPad, cell phone, digital camera, laptop, tripod. Remember to ask your parents' permission to borrow equipment.
Think about what types of cameras you have available to use: iPad, cell phone, digital camera, laptop, tripod. Remember to ask your parents' permission to borrow equipment.
What can I animate?
What can I animate?
There are a number of things that can be animated easily without the need to create elaborate sets or models. You can animate using household objects or food such as toys, cutlery, stationery, sweets or dried pasta shapes. For example, the stapler shown in the resource could be a movie about a mischievous stapler causing havoc on a teacher's desk! You can pose and move clay figures and Legos. You can move construction cutouts across a page. You can use a digital animation program that allows you to move objects in a frame. You can create a flipbook where you draw an object repeatedly changing one little thing at a time.
There are a number of things that can be animated easily without the need to create elaborate sets or models. You can animate using household objects or food such as toys, cutlery, stationery, sweets or dried pasta shapes. For example, the stapler shown in the resource could be a movie about a mischievous stapler causing havoc on a teacher's desk! You can pose and move clay figures and Legos. You can move construction cutouts across a page. You can use a digital animation program that allows you to move objects in a frame. You can create a flipbook where you draw an object repeatedly changing one little thing at a time.
Story
Story
Once you have decided what you are going to animate, you should think about the story you want to tell. Decide on a theme for your story. Click on the box below to read examples of themes to help you chose a focus for your movie.
Once you have decided what you are going to animate, you should think about the story you want to tell. Decide on a theme for your story. Click on the box below to read examples of themes to help you chose a focus for your movie.
Plan for your movie to be about one minute. Your story can be simple but also creative. A helpful way of developing a simple story is to think about the beginning, middle and end.
Plan for your movie to be about one minute. Your story can be simple but also creative. A helpful way of developing a simple story is to think about the beginning, middle and end.
Act 1 Beginning: Introduce a character and a problem
Act 1 Beginning: Introduce a character and a problem
Act 2 Middle: Solve the problem
Act 2 Middle: Solve the problem
Act 3 End: Resolve the story
Act 3 End: Resolve the story
CHOOSE A THEME
CHOOSE A THEME
Themes.pdfStoryboard
Storyboard
Once you have your idea, you are ready to complete a storyboard. The storyboard is a visual representation of your story and will help you when animating, as you will know exactly what you want each frame and scene to look like. You can use the storyboard template below to plan out your frames.
Once you have your idea, you are ready to complete a storyboard. The storyboard is a visual representation of your story and will help you when animating, as you will know exactly what you want each frame and scene to look like. You can use the storyboard template below to plan out your frames.
STORYBOARD TEMPLATE
STORYBOARD TEMPLATE
Voiceovers, sound effects and music
Voiceovers, sound effects and music
You are now ready to start capturing your frames. If you are not using dialogue, think about how you can tell the story with visuals. If you are animating people, you can use their facial expressions and body movements to convey feelings and emotion. For objects, you could add facial features such as eyes, eyebrows and mouths using cardboard or paper that can be moved with each frame to show movement and expression. You could also create speech bubbles that you could bring into a frame to create the illusion that the object is talking, like in a comic book. You can also include sound effects and music with your animation.
You are now ready to start capturing your frames. If you are not using dialogue, think about how you can tell the story with visuals. If you are animating people, you can use their facial expressions and body movements to convey feelings and emotion. For objects, you could add facial features such as eyes, eyebrows and mouths using cardboard or paper that can be moved with each frame to show movement and expression. You could also create speech bubbles that you could bring into a frame to create the illusion that the object is talking, like in a comic book. You can also include sound effects and music with your animation.
Editing
Editing
Work through your movie until you are happy with the frames you have captured. Once you have captured all of your frames, you are ready to finish your animation. Remember to check for unwanted frames or those that contain your hands and remove these. It is usually much easier to remove unwanted frames as you are animating than to take them out when you have exported frames to editing software like iMovie.
Work through your movie until you are happy with the frames you have captured. Once you have captured all of your frames, you are ready to finish your animation. Remember to check for unwanted frames or those that contain your hands and remove these. It is usually much easier to remove unwanted frames as you are animating than to take them out when you have exported frames to editing software like iMovie.
Showtime
Showtime
When you are ready to share your stop animation movie, email it to Mrs. McLaughlin at denise.mclaughlin@sau26.org so Mrs. McLaughlin and Mrs. Viands can share it with others to enjoy.
When you are ready to share your stop animation movie, email it to Mrs. McLaughlin at denise.mclaughlin@sau26.org so Mrs. McLaughlin and Mrs. Viands can share it with others to enjoy.
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