Old Fashioned Type Movies with New Technology

C-l-a-y-m-a-t-i-o-n or S-t-o-p A-n-i-m-a-t-i-o-n Making pictures come to life.

Introduction to Stop Animation Stop Animation Discussion PowerPoint Stop Animation Provide examples of Various Animations Introduce and discuss use of Audacity Introduce freeplaymusic.com. Mini workshop on Audacity. Use Audacity to import music and edit and export it Use Audacity to plan & create a voice recording and export it. Break Produce Project #1 Quick and Easy Stop Animation Produce Project #2 Stop Animation with music Produce Project #3 Stop Animation with voice and music Collect projects Complete workshop evaluation G-a-m-e P-l-a-n

Stop Motion Animation or Organized Digital Snapshots set in motion Stop motion (or frame-by-frame) animation is an animation technique to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own.... What is Clay Animation? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_animation

What is needed for Stop Animation?

Stop Animation Process Project Design Learning objective. Decide content. Planning 1.Script 2.Setting 3.Storyboard Clay modeling or item manipulation Pictures.

Stop Animation Advantages Marzano Strategy 5 Nonlinguistic Representation Students create physical models of the knowledge gained. Students are involved in kinesthetic activities. Students represent knowledge with photos. Students create a movie with those photos.

Stop Animation Advantages Marzano Strategy 7 Cooperative Learning Must work in very small groups, 2 – 4 students. Group interaction. Group accountability. Group reflection on process and performance.

Stop Animation Disadvantages

Stop Animation Tips For Success: 10 – 15 minute demonstration on Claymation. Small groups 2 – 4 students. Self evaluation – student / teacher of the project. Clay modeling or item manipulation that is self supporting 8 – 24 Pictures for each second of finished product. Tools -> options ->.025 or.125 seconds duration before pictures are added.

Make a Power Point Stop Animation

S-t-o-p A-n-i-m-a-t-i-o-n Examples

is a free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. It can be used with Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems.

Audacity can be used to record and edit voice, sound, and/or music. It can also be used to import and edit voice, sound and music.

Freeplaymusic.com Freeplay’s Music Library, is a comprehensive collection of High End Broadcast production music spanning all the popular musical genres. Music can be sampled and downloaded in a matter of minutes.

We will use the following slides to set up and create a recording in Audacity. The very next slides will make the difference between whether or not your editings and recordings can be exported.

You can now play or edit the imported audio

You may select the following tools to edit the imported audio

After highlighting an area with the selection tool, you can select Effect and change the effect of the selected area.

To export the finished product as an MP3, you select File and Export As MP3. You will have to give your new MP3 a name and save.

We will download an MP3 from Freeplaymusic.com. Import and edit the music in Audacity And export the edited music as an MP3.

We will Record voice audio Import the downloaded MP3 from Freeplaymusic.com. Blend the voice and music Export the finished product as an MP3.

(1) To Capture Video Select import pictures You can select them one at a time or select picture #1 + shift + the last picture to import them all at once. You can drag and drop your selections one at a time into the time line or select picture #1 + shift + the last picture and drag them into the timeline. Select Tools - Options Picture duration =.125 seconds Transition =.25 seconds To view your creation press play in the view window to the right.

You may Edit Video You can add titles and/or credits To Finish You may save to computer or disc Give media file a name and place to be saved to finish the file. The file (WMV) will play on windows media player.

Select one or more props Take a snapshot, move the object & repeat Take 15 to 25 snapshots or more Import snapshots into movie maker Adjust settings & view you animation Remember! Tools - Options Picture duration =.125 Transition =.25

Follow the same procedure as Project #1 but; This time find music from Freeplaymusic.com Add that mp3 to your stop animation. Remember! Tools - Options Picture duration =.125 Transition =.25

Remember! Tools - Options Picture duration =.125 Transition =.25 Follow the same procedure as Project 1 & 2 but; This time record voice audio Blend it with music from Freeplaymusic.com Export as an mp3 Add the MP3 to your stop animation.