Animation-Ish Shaw STEM Lab 2017

Animation-Ish By the end of this Engagement, you should be able to Explain how to use the Animation-ish program Describe the key moments in a plot Formulate your own animation using the Animation-ish program

Things You’ll Need When you are ready to start your animation, you will need Animation-ish program located in the “All Applications” folder Wacom Tablet Wacom Pen (check out)

What is an animation…? An animations is the technique of photographing successive drawings to create an illusion of movement when the movie is shown as a sequence. Take a look at the red ball drawing to the left, if we were to “animate” the red circle it would give the appearance that it is bouncing.

What is an animation Animations can be short, like the ball bouncing on the slide before, or they can be the length of full length movies.

Creating a really good story Most stories, movies and animations follow the same basic plot line. It is broken up into three distinct sections: Beginning, Middle, and End. Within each section there are certain aspects that are important to telling the story, let’s look at these a little closer.

The Beginning In the Beginning section the two important aspects are Exposition & Conflict Exposition is a literary device used to introduce background information about events, settings, characters etc. to the audience or readers In Exposition there are a couple more important elements Characters: the people in the story Setting: where the story takes place A Conflict is a literary element that involves a struggle between two opposing forces usually a protagonist and an antagonist.

The Middle In the Middle section the two important aspects are Rising Action & Climax Rising Action in a plot is a series of relevant incidents that create suspense, interest and tension in a narrative. Climax is that particular point in a narrative at which the conflict or tension hits the highest point.

The End In the End section the two important aspects are Falling Action & Resolution Falling Action occurs right after the climax, when the main problem of the story resolves. Besides, it wraps up the narrative, resolves its loose ends and leads towards the closure. The Resolution means the unfolding or solution of a complicated issue in a story.

Vocabulary Pick at least five of the following words/terms and define the following in your own words Exposition Characters Conflict Setting Rising Action Climax Falling Action Resolution

Using the Wacom Pen & Tablet Click the Wacom Tablet to watch a tutorial on how to use the Wacom Pen & Tablet Please watch only the first 3-ish minutes of this tutorial This should give you all of the basic information you will need

Using Animation-ish: Wiggledoodle-ish Launch the Animation-ish program Select Lessons Using either the Wacom Pen or the mouse, follow along with the lesson using Wiggledoodle-ish

Question Describe in at least five sentences the most challenging part about using Wiggledoodle-ish.

Using Animation-ish: Flipbook-ish Launch the Animation-ish program Select Lessons Using either the Wacom Pen or the mouse, follow along with the lesson using Flipbook-ish.

Create Your Animation It’s time to create your own animation! Your Animation should be At least 20 different slides Clearly follow the Plot line Created by both teammates