Stop-Motion Videos

What is stop-motion animation? A kind of animation using photographs Still pictures are pieced together and flipped through rapidly to give the illusion of a movement or time passing, creating a movie The object is moved in small increments for each photographed frame, creating the illusion of movement when the series of frames is played as a continuous sequence Characters and objects can be made of a variety of movable materials across backgrounds and sets or stages Here is an ad for iMotion…the app we’ll be using!

Let’s get familiar with vocabulary: Stop Motion Studio – the app we will use to shoot our movies Frame – a single photograph Frames per second – how many photographs, when grouped with the rest of the photos, are seen in a second More frames per second = faster Less frames per second = slower We’ll explore these in the Stop Motion Studio demo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_M468S86HI)

Let’s get familiar with the steps of this project: Individual story brainstorm Group story brainstorm Story and idea Propose to Mr. Andree Build sets and props Shoot movie Finalize and Export Share Fill out Rubric

Creating your movie: The simpler the idea the better Consider materials that can be found for your set and props – you are welcome to bring items from home, but their safety isn’t necessarily guaranteed :/ Think of a small action sequence An adventure tale Re-telling or re-create a familiar story Make a “how-to” A timelapse

Let’s get familiar with jobs: You will all take part in drafting the story, and building sets and characters On the shooting day(s) you will each perform all of the rolls within this process: Photographer Mover Storyteller/timekeeper

Helpful Hints: You must stay on track with the daily schedule and goals! Keep your story short but interesting Quality made sets and backgrounds = better movie Smaller movements and more frames = better movie, less choppy (at least 50 frames – 300-500 = great movie) What should you do if you don’t get along? LET’S LOOK AT THE PACKET AND SOME EXAMPLES