1. ROSWELL: NOT JUST ALIENS An animation/soundtrack project created with teaching artists Karen Aqua & Ken Field Roswell, NM, 7-25 April 2008 Ms. Jennings’ El Capitan Elementary 5th Grade Class

2. Meet Karen Aqua and Ken Field Karen has been making animated films since 1979. Her award-winning films have been screened nationally and internationally and she has won many awards for her films. aquak.home.att.net Ken is a saxophonist, flautist, percussionist, and composer. He is also an award-winning composer of music for animation, film, and dance. kenfield.org

3. Groups researched on the Internet to gather information about their theme

4. Planning, discussing, and creating

5. Drawings to explain some details in creating characters Characters are drawn on paper, colored, cut out, and then sewn together at specific points to make animation puppets

6. Lining up the parade Karen & The Bug Group

7. Karen & The Cheese Group “Farmer milking the cow” scene

8. Karen & The Cinco Group “Let me count out those dance steps again”

9. Karen & The Dragonflies Preparing the festival scene

10. Karen & The Dragonflies All hands on deck Festival comes alive

11. Karen & The Rocket Group photographing “launching the rocket” scene

12. The Rockets Brainstorming narration for their rocket scene

13. Prepping for recording the sound effects Cheese Group… …& Ken

14. Ken & The Cinco de Mayo Group Sounds for the festival

15. Ken & The Rockets A lot of explaining going on

16. Making noise…no, making festival sounds Ken & The Cinco de Mayo Group

17. Ken & The Bugs Beep, beep… …sounds for the bug festival

18. One of the Rocket Boys Improvisation on the bass

19. Diligently preparing invitations for distribution

20. Karen, Ken, Ms. Jennings and the crew