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Stop Motion 101: Vine Design

10/31/2014

6 Comments

 
"Jack in the Box" designed by Valéria 7A
Stop Motion animations: the art of creating movement through still images.
In 6th grade, students learn about iPhotography: the art of capturing visual imagery on a mobile device.
Students in the 7th grade take their photography skills to the next level by developing Stop Motion animations.

This Is How I Do It

Learning Target:
I will investigate video editing and stop motion in order to design and create a 6 second Stop Motion Vine.

Key vocabulary:
  • frame: one single picture in the series that composes the complete moving picture
  • frames per second: the number of images per second; the more images your have, the smoother the animation
  • storyboard: a graphic organizer in the form of illustrations or images displayed in sequence for the purpose of pre-visualizing a motion picture, animation, motion graphic or interactive media sequence (Wikipedia)
In Class:
As a class, we watch the short Stop Motion Animation tutorials below. 
I ask questions to check for students' understanding on the major points made in each movie.
1. Storyboard It
2. Time It

3. Shoot It
4. Finalize It

Challenge #1: Vine Design

The students' first challenge was inspired by Vine: a social media that allows "users to record and edit six-second long looping video clips" (Wikipedia). 

We read and discussed the following articles on Khoa Phan as a source of inspiration:
  • Behind Khoa Phan's incredible stop-motion Vine videos
  • Meet Vine's Most Creative Stop-Motion Animator
  • New resource: Animation Chefs

The students then began brainstorming ideas for their stop motion animation challenge for that week.
*Many kids were able to start the story boarding process in class.

Homework: Students are asked to...
1. Download Stop Motion Studio (FREE app) onto their iPad/ iPhone.
2. Review the Stop Motion Tutorials watched in class.
3. Go through the four steps to create a 6 second Stop Motion Vine using materials they have around their house.
  • storyboard it
  • time it
  • shoot it
  • finalize it
4. Come prepared to share their work!

Student Spotlight: Valéria 7A

Behind the Scenes: Jack-in-the-Box
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Stop Motion character cutouts.
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Samples of Student Work

7A Vine Design
7B Vine Design

What About You?

I hope this lesson and tips were helpful.
Please comment and provide your feedback below to share ways you have taught your students about stop motion animations. I would love to see samples of your students' work!
6 Comments
MrsRlim
11/2/2014 07:12:32 pm

Wow these stop motion animations are so creative. I was fully engaged watching all of them. Can I borrow some of your ideas and share with my year 6 class. They are just brilliant!

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Joyce Lourenco Pereira
11/2/2014 10:11:29 pm

MrsRlim,
Thank you for your feedback! We would love for you to share our work. We look forward to learning and collaborating with you and your students!

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rattler link
11/3/2014 01:05:32 am

do this now

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Eduardo SZazi
11/3/2014 01:45:32 am

Great job Joyce and Kids! Our school is proud of you!

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Izabel Coelho
11/3/2014 05:36:17 pm

Dear Mrs Pereira
Congratulations! Your job makes our kids smarter in a funny environment!!!
Thanks!

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7A Class
11/6/2014 07:07:42 pm

Thank you for your positive comments. We appreciate them!

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