Stop+animation

· Respond to text visually · Identify themes in literature and demonstrate understanding of these themes through reinterpretation · Learn and apply fundamentals of stop-animation. Show our sample work “the receiver”. 1. Divide students into groups (sizes will depend on technical resources available). 2. You will create a visual response to the novel using stop motion animation. 3. Choose two or three themes from the novel to represent in you animation. (Ex.: In the example animation we chose to represent, color, memory and independence from the novel ‘The Giver’.) 4. Make a quick storyboard to plan sequence of events and how you will represent them visually. Explain time and labor requirements in making scene changes due to frame-by-frame approach. Students should aim for about three different scenes and think about how they can be connected to make gradual transitions and save time. Think of a title that summarizes your visual response. __CLASS 2__ 5. Make your drawings and props. - Think of everything you will need once you start animating - Think of how you will animate certain objects (ex: Bicycle wheels spinning, arms and legs moving, heads getting larger and smaller, etc.) 6. At the end of class put everything in a lg. envelope and mark it with your group’s names. __CLASS 3 & 4 (need a double period or not have to move equipment__ 7. Set up large sheet of paper and tripod with good lighting.  8. Tape the paper in place and trace lightly in pencil the perimeter of what is seen through the camera’s viewfinder. (This will be your stage where all the action happens!)  9. Frame by frame bring your animation to life:   -Set up an image and take a picture   -Barely move the image and take another picture   -Think about a title page or credits you may want to animate as well.  *Remember that every second we will see about 15 pictures so the changes need to be incredibly gradual in order to be at all visible!  * If you have a Mini DV camcorder simply set it on the Frame-by-Frame setting and push the record button each time you want to capture a frame.  __CLASS 5__  (If you have access to Mini DV camcorders simply play back videos to the class!)  10. Transfer images to computer 11. Put them in order in imovie 12. Adjust time setting to 15 frames per second 13. Add any title text, credits or fades as desired, save file to CD or class hard drive. __CLASS 6__
 * Novel Response Using Stop Animation (6 classes)**
 * Population:** High school
 * Learning objectives:**
 * Materials:** Tripods, digital cameras, memory cards, batteries charged, lg. sheet of white paper, markers, paper, pencils, magazines, tape, large envelopes, paper clips, computer for editing (not needed with Mini DV camcorders) (computer must have appropriate software imovie HD or movie maker).
 * Art form:** Animation
 * Technique:** Hand drawn, collage based, stop-motion
 * Vocabulary:** Stop-motion, animation, frame, frames-per-second, still,
 * Motivation:** (5 min)
 * Art activity:** (time)
 * Response:**
 * 1) Gather around the projector or TV and view all the videos
 * 2) Between each animation ask the class to identify the themes that the students were representing.
 * 3) Make a compilation DVD of all the animations for the class, students who want a copy should bring in their own CD and the teacher can burn the copies.