Digtal Media and Art

 Claymation stop motion

 

Description of Project:

 Students will create a stop motion video with clay in groups of four students.  Students will review such stories as Asphalt’s tales and analyze cartoons, stories, and books for the underlining message for ideas and inspiration. Students will write a short script that address moral, ethical, or behavior issue in today’s school (of their choice).  Students will then create a short storyboard on poster board.  Students will learn how clay into different form and move the clay for stop motion. Students will learn to take stop motion pictures.  Students will move clay characters and take digital pictures of each movement. They will then learn iMovie and use the program to edit and complete a short stop motion clay video.   Students will have learned the basic of stop motion animation, the basic techniques, programs, technology, ideas, time, and steps involved in completing a 1 to 2 minute video. 

Objectives:

By reviewing, interpreting, and analyzing such works as Asphalt’s tales, cartoons, stories, and books for the underlining message, , teaching a lesson, and inspiration students will learn to look beyond the surface of the media for true messages.  Students will learn to how to communicate ideas, which are important to them, though art and media.  Students will be able to manipulate clay and understand the concepts of stop motion production.  Students will also have an understanding of the media production process of videos from beginning to end.  Students will gain invaluable experience working in groups and making group decisions. 

Materials and Equipment:

·       Notebook paper

·       Poster board

·       Pencils

·       Erasers

·       Ruler

·       Clay

·       Scrapbook/Construction Paper

·       Scissors

·       Markers

·       Glue

·       iMovie

·       Computer

·       Camera

·       Tripod

Visual Examples:

 

Detailed Description of Procedures:

 Day 1:

·       Introduction to Claymation Stop-Motion Animation Project with examples of Claymation videos.

·       Review how stories can have messages.

·       Separate student into groups of 4.

·       Read, and analyze such stories as Asphalt’s tales, cartoons, stories, and books for the underlining message for ideas and inspiration. (ask students what cartoons they have seen with messages and what are they)

·       Brainstorm as a class some messages/ideas the students would like to tell stories about.

·       Groups will pick a theme for their story.

·       Groups will create a short story and script around their theme.

·       Groups will begin work on drawing out their storyboard.

Day 2:

·       Groups will finish creating their stories

·       Groups will finish their storyboards

Day 3

·       The teacher will give a demonstration on working with clay, using a camera, making the clay move, and taking one picture at a time for Claymation stop motion.

·       Student will practice a few movements and take pictures.

·       Students will make back grounds and start taking Claymation stop motion pictures for their film.

Day 4-5

·       Students will make back grounds and start taking Claymation stop motion pictures for their film.

Day 5-6

·       Teacher will demonstrate how to down load pictures to iMovie.

·       Teacher will demonstrate how to edit and create a stop motion video in iMovie

·       Students begin working on putting together their movies in iMovie

Day 7:

·       Students will show stop motion movies for feedback and make changes

Day 8:

·       Viewing day as a class.