1. STOP MOTION ANIMATION ART 1 TRANSFORMATION

2. What is Stop Motion Animation?  An Animation created by combining photograph stills of movement using a digital camera  Similar to a Flip Book  Photos show small movements

3. Famous Stop Motion Animations  Nightmare Before Christmas

4. Famous Stop Motion Animations  Lego Movie

5. Gulp!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i eN2vhslTTU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i eN2vhslTTU

6. How Gulp is MadeGulp

7. Winsor McCay  1871-1934  America’s First Great Cartoon Animator  Began Career as Comic Strip Writer  Dreams of a Rarebit Fiend

8. Winsor McCay  Inspired by his son's flick-books, he spent four years and produced four thousand individual drawings in making his first animated cartoon 'Little Nemo', in 1911

9. Winsor McCay  He made the first feature length American cartoon  The Sinking of the Lusitania The Sinking of the Lusitania

10. History of Animation  Drawings that show motion

11. Process  Create thousands of drawings that are photographed 1 at a time

12.  Go to: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/12/31/50-incredible- stop-motion-videos/http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/12/31/50-incredible- stop-motion-videos/  Pick your favorite and write WHY

13. How it works…  Must Have:  Tripod to steady the camera  Single viewpoint works best  Use toys or patient person as characters

14. Your Project  In groups of 3  Brainstorm an idea  Get your idea approved  Create a story board  Shoot your animation

15. Transformation  Think about how things change  Growth  Changing Seasons  Evolution  Positive to Negative  Negative to Positive

16. Transformation  Create a story about this transformation  Use characters in place to tell your story.