Post date: Dec 1, 2017 6:48:24 PM
Step One: Close Reading
Read an article:
Reading closely means reading for meaning and understanding. Follow these 8 steps to perform your own close reading. To begin, read your passage slowly. To begin, read your passage slowly.
Task 1: Identify any vocabulary you are unfamiliar with and look up the definition. Double check that the definition makes sense in the context of the text. Place in the first section of the email.
Task 2: Language Choice - identify any language that attracts your attention for any reason. Why do you find it interesting? Jot down your reasons in the second section of the email
Task 3: Verbs, nouns, adjectives and adverbs. Identify the ones you find in the passage. What do you notice? Are there any patterns? Comment on your findings in the email.
Task 4: Predictions - what might happen next? Why? Email.
Task 5: Opinions and reflections - what do you think of the story/narrators/characters? Email
Task 6: Connections - does the task remind you about your own experiences? Or other books and films? What are the similarities? email.
Task 7: Questions - note them, and remember there is no such thing as a stupid question. Try to list more open questions than closed questions in your email.
Task 8: What key themes are reflected in the article? Email.
And remember it is one email, not eight.
Step Two: Planning
Story Board it!
Then create a Powerpoint to pitch the video to the Studio (aka Me). Schedule a meeting when you have your elevator pitch ready.
As with any video creation, students should first create a storyboard to sketch out their ideas for the video they are going to create. This should be followed by a written script including the outline of the action/characters. The next step would be to determine what medium they are going to use for the objects in the video– will it involve real people, clay figures, Legos, classroom supplies, or something else? All of the assets should be gathered and/or created before the shooting of the animation video begins.
The actual process of creating the stop motion animation video is simple– students put a camera on a tripod and take the first photo. Once the vidois taken, they are moved into a video editing piece of software and edited.
Step Three: Preparation
Props, Locations, Script, etc. Get it all together so that you can move on to the next step.
Step 4: Recording
Step5 Edit:
Make sure that you add titles, transitions, credits...
Pick one of these to edit it.
Online
https://www.kizoa.com/Video-Editor
Downloadable
Lightworks https://www.lwks.com/
Shotcut https://www.shotcut.org/
HitFilmExpress http://www.videosoftdev.com/free-video-editor?AVGAFFILIATE=3305
VSDC Free Video Editor http://www.videosoftdev.com/free-video-editor?AVGAFFILIATE=3305
Avidemux http://avidemux.sourceforge.net/
Remember that it needs to be 3-5 minutes.