Tuesday, February 7, 2017

4th Grade: Stop Motion Animation

The students made a stop motion animation movie. It is a filmmaking technique that makes objects appear to be moving independently. How to make it work? You place an object in front of a camera and snap a photo. Then, move the object a tiny bit at a time and snap another picture. Repeat this process many times.  Next, repeat the sequence rapidly, and the object creates an illusion of movement. Students exported their photos to iMovie to add background music and sound effects. More movies can be found under the Technology link above.

Learning Goals: The students will apply the following media skills: 

  • Storyboarding 
  • Animation production techniques
  • Filming the animation 
  • Using animation software to animate and edit their film: Stop motion animation and iMovie
  • Collaborating on pre-planning, production, and animation screening
  • Critiques (peer review) of others' work
  • Present their narrated animations for a class critique.




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