Title: Transformation through Stop Motion
-Content Area/Medium: Stop Motion Animation and
Clay
-Grade: 3rd - 6th grade
-Main Objective: Create a stop motion animation
that shows the transformation of clay from one initial idea to another. Through
this process students will work collaboratively and learn how to use stop
motion animation, a digital medium, in combination with clay, a physical (and
more traditional) medium.
-Ideas students/artists are dealing with:
-How
to combine both physical and digital mediums together.
-How
to transform one object into something else and document the transformation.
-How
can we express or show ideas through transformation?
-How
can we capture the transformation of clay through stop motion animation?
-Questions Students Will Respond To:
-What
can we make out of clay?
-How
can we rework or change that into something new?
-How
can we tell a story through changing the clay into something else?
-Can
we break it apart? Build it up? Add more clay? Take away clay? Create something
entirely new from it? Destroy what we started with?
-How
does the process of changing the clay become part of the final story told
through stop motion?
-Timespan: 3 class periods (45 minutes each)
*Subject
to change* time will be added to lesson as needed
-First
Class:
-Learn
about stop motion (~25 minutes)
-What
it is and how to use it
-Demo:
Have students photograph objects then ask them to move them slightly and
photograph again, repeat a few times (taking 2 pictures each time and 6-8 for
one or two frames to show difference in speed)
-Ask
questions during demo about what they think this will look like and what will
happen if you take 1 picture per frame, 2, 8, etc.
-Explain
why they might do this
-Explain
how to use whatever program or app you decide to use
-Highlight
importance of consistent lighting and keeping the camera still
-Ask
students why this might be important before explaining reason
-Explain
why they should take 2 pictures of each step in the video (or more if they want
a longer pause)
-Give
them clay and let them experiment with how they can create something and change
it again and again thinking about the steps it takes to get from one thing to
another (~10 minutes)
-Make
groups of 2/3 people depending on class size (~5-10 minutes)
-Have
groups meet and discuss what they would like to do so they can start right away
next class
-Show
examples of what a stop motion video is
-Second
Class:
-Have
clay and cameras set up in a space for each group (gives them more time to
create)
-Remind
students of prompt and have it written on board
-Use
entire class period to create the stop motion animation
-Needs
to be done in one class so that the set up is the same, will not be able to
jump back in to continue
-Third
Class:
-Make
any necessary edits to the video
-Give
videos a title and add credits to the end
-Add
sound if they would like
-Export
stop motion animation
-Show
everyone’s videos to the class and have them explain their process/idea
-Have
students say what they liked or noticed about the video
-A
technique, content, environment, etc.
-Show
video examples of stop motion and what you can do with it beyond this project
-Mention
Tim Burton and Henry Selick
-The
Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride and Coraline
-Clip
of Tim Burton film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr6N_hZyBCk
-Clip
of Claymation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql4Kkb-89D0
Title: Scanned Animation
-Content Area/Medium: Stop Motion Animation and
Scanography
-Grade: 3rd - 6th grade
-Main Objective: Create a stop motion animation
using scanned images. Students will tell a story or express an
idea/feeling/mood through a short animation. Scanography minimizes the
necessity for needing to adjust light as it will be consistent, this makes for
one less consideration during the process. Students will work individually
using drawings, photographs, or anything else scannable in combination with two
digital mediums (scanography and stop motion animation).
-Ideas Students/Artists are dealing with:
-How
to combine scanography with stop motion animation
-How
to tell a story or express an idea/feeling/mood through images rather than
words
-How
can we make a stop motion animation using only 2-dimensional materials or by
making 3-dimensional materials 2-dimensional (through the scanning process)
-Questions students will respond to:
-How
can we express something through images?
-What
might help us convey the meaning i.e. color, emotion, composition, etc.
-What
materials can we use with these processes?
-What
materials can’t we use? Why?
-i.e.
Things that can ruin the scanner (water, sharp objects). What could we use
instead?
-What
kind of emotions or ideas can we express through storytelling?
-How
might we do that?
-Timespan: 5 class periods (45 minutes each)
*Subject
to change* time will be added to lesson as needed
-First
Class:
-Learn
about scanography (~15 minutes)
-What
it is and how to use it
-Demo:
Have students place objects on scanner and explain to students how to scan them
onto the computer.
-Ask
students what might happen if they move an object while it’s being scanned
-Let
a student demonstrate this for the class
-Let
students explore scanography in small groups (~20 minutes)
-Have
them try scanning both 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional materials
-Class
discussion (~10 minutes)
-Talk
about what they learned, enjoyed, struggled with
-Share
scanned images and discuss what they did to create that image
-Second
Class:
-Learn
about stop motion (~25 minutes)
-What
it is and how to use it
-Demo
done by teacher: Have students photograph objects then move them slightly and
photograph again, repeat a few times (taking 2 pictures each time and 6-8 for
one or two frames to show difference in speed)
-Ask
questions during demo about what they think this will look like and what will
happen if you take 1 picture per frame, 2, 8, etc.
-Explain
why they might do this
-Explain
how to use whatever program or app you decide to use
-Explain
why they should take 2 pictures of each step in the video (or more if they want
a longer pause)
-Explain
how scanography can be used in combination with stop motion (~10 minutes)
-What
might you need to consider that’s different from using a camera?
-Can’t
see what you’re scanning until afterward
-Don’t
need to scan twice, can edit that in later
-Using
one object/image create a 5 frame stop motion to understand the process (~10
minutes)
-Third
Class:
-Students
will plan out their idea and create images/find objects or images to use for
entire class period
-Fourth
Class:
-Finish
planning and finding/drawing objects if necessary
-Create
scans
-Fifth
Class
-Add
images into stop motion application
-Make
any necessary edits to the video
-Give
videos a title and add credits to the end
-Add
sound if they would like
-Export
stop motion animation
-Show
everyone’s videos to the class and have them explain their process/idea
-Have
students say what they liked or noticed about the video
-A
technique, content, environment, etc.
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