Animation Lesson Plans Step One: • If Go animate does not work, student groups show examples they found online of animation made by amateurs. • Students show class examples of amateur animation and briefly discuss what they liked about the animation in terms of content, style, and visual features. Step Two: • Make your own videos. • Determine the length of your video by the number of students in our group. ◦ One student= one minutes ◦ Two students= two minutes ◦ Three students = three minutes ◦ Four students= four minutes ◦ Five students= four minutes ◦ Six students =five minutes • Figure out what type of animation you want to make: ◦ Stop animation of objects-- make an animation of moving objects of people by taking hundreds of pictures of that object as you move it (without showing your hand), and then putting individuals photos into movie maker and producing as a movie. With stop-animation, you really want to use a tripod, or at least keep "your frame" consistent or your animation will "jump" around. ◦ Flip book animation-- create about 30-60 small drawings on a small piece of paper. Each drawing slightly changes. You could flip through your book and see object, characters, etc. move. Next, take a picture of each individual page, put into movie maker, and make a movie. ◦ PowerPoint animation-- Very similar to Flip books, you draw a series of pictures on separate slides and then change timing on the "presentation" features to make the separe slides appear animated. This can be a nice technique since you don't have to redraw each picture as you would with flip books. In PowerPoint, you just copy the slide, and then alter it. ◦ White Board animation-- You animate on the white board by drawing or re-drawing. This is really good for abstract art animation with an "organic" feel. With white board animation, you really want to use a tripod, or at least keep "your frame" consistent or your animation will "jump" around. Your group's animations must be completed by this week. •

Each animation must fulfill the rubric requirements below.

Description of scale The creators of the animation introduce the film and it's concept. The animation communicates emotion, art, or story that is easily understood The animation has a clear beginning, middle, and end. The animation contains sound, music, or dialog that enhances story or design. The animation contains action or character movement that is relevant to production. The animation is entertaining and creative. The animation is appropriate for class. The animation is the correct length according to directions. The animation has a title, credits, or some sort of words or text. The animators briefly discuss their successes and difficulties with the project.

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