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Proficient-
Storyboard- 2pts
Students must create a finished storyboard displaying 10 distinct frames drawn in pencil depicting the layout of their gif. (1point)
Students must include a 1-2 sentence description below each frame of their storyboard explaining the movement/ plan for the frame. (1point)
Theme- 1pt
Gif must involve a theme and contain a material going through some sort of transformation, movement, or face a challenge to be resolved. (1 point)
Documentation-1 pt
At least 5 process photos from creating your gif, completed storyboard with descriptions, in progress stills of gif, and final gifs must be uploaded to students’ websites. (1point)
Gif- 4pts
Gif must utilize a frame rate of 5 frames per second or more for a total of at least 50 frames. (1 point)
Gif must display still camera work, shots should be consistent and as steady as possible. (1 point)
Gif must be at least 10 seconds in length and automatically replay at the end. Gifs that do not replay are just videos (2 points)
Mastery
Gif must reach 15 seconds long with at least 75 frames at 5fps. The gif must also loop at the end. (2 points)
(A loop is when the gif or video gives the illusion that the action is being repeated continuously. Think the ending leads to the beginning of the gif.
Examples below
Looping gifs-
Instructions
Part 1-
Download the app- Stop Motion Studio to your phone. (also suggested is Gmail or the google drive app to make exporting your gif easier)
Discuss ideas for your gif. You can select any subject matter, 2D or 3D- but it must go through a transformation, movement, or face a challenge in the time line of your gif.
Illustrate a storyboard in pencil. A storyboard is a series of panels that plan out the scenes of a movie, show, video, or even a book. You will use these to plan out the movements in your gif. You will need to complete 10 frames- one for each second of your gif.
In addition to panel sketches, each frame should be accompanied by 1-2 sentences explaining what is happening in the frame.
Once your story board is completed, use this as a "script" to begin filming your gif. Shooting the stills for your gif might take multiple attempts so give yourself enough time.
Part 2-
Using the Stop Motion Studio App- select "new movie". You can take each image in the app and they will be saved there.
By clicking the gear icon, you will notice "Movie Speed". Make sure the dial is set to 5FPS (frames per second) or higher. The more FPS the more photos you will have to take. Our requirements do not allow for a frame rate below 5fps for this project.
Once you are ready to start shooting your photos, you can click on the camera window to see the view full screen.
Take photos by clicking the red dot button. You will see the number of photos you have taken at the bottom of the screen labeled as (for example) 005/005. This means you have taken 5 photos equaling up to 1 second of time if your frame rate is 5fps.
Continue this process for the rest of the gif. Your work will be saved on the app so you can go back to it at any time.
Part 3-
TO UPLOAD YOUR GIF ONLINE- Read export instructions at the bottom of the page.
Example- This is a gif shot in 5 frames per second, and is approximately 12 seconds long at 60 total frames.
Introduction-
Stop motion animation is the process of taking multiple still photos of an object. Between each photo the object is moved slightly. When all the photos are played together, they create the illusion that the object is moving.
Students will be working in pairs/ groups to come up with a theme for their own stop motion gif. Students must work together to create a storyboard to plan out their gif and meet the requirements below.
Stop motion is commonly found in the media through movie animations. Some examples would be the clay-mation used in Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas and Henry Selick's Coraline. Other variations of stop motion are flip book drawings, and various popular YouTube shorts.
Where else have you seen stop motion animation?
Exporting your gif- find what works for your phone
Method 1-
1) In the Stop Motion Studio App menu, click the three dots next to your video and select "share"
2) A pop up window will appear and select "animated gif'
3) It will then ask you where you would like to export your video to- the best options would be google drive or email. Select the location you would like and send it there.
4) Check your drive or email to ensure that it was moved to that location
5) If it was done successfully, make sure to post to your student website along with any other required items listed in the rubric.
(if the video gif did not transfer)
Method 2-
1) In the Stop Motion Studio App and click the three dots next to your video and select "export movie"
2)A tab will pop up for the option to save it to your phone- for my phone is says "save video".
3) Once the video is in your photos/ video album, email it to yourself
4) Check on your chrome book to ensure that it has been sent. If so, download the video to your chrome book.
5) Open the website https://ezgif.com/video-to-gif and upload your video from your files.
6) Click "upload video". Your video should pop up with a button below it saying "convert" with a down arrow.
7) Select the down arrow and click to GIF
8) Click the button reading "convert to gif". It should then go to a page with your original video and then the "output" as a gif below. Save this to your chrome book then upload to your student website with any other required items listed in the rubric.
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