Stop-motion animation involves taking still photographs of objects moved in small increments to create the illusion of movement when viewed as a continuous sequence. The document discusses an upcoming student project to create stop-motion videos using the iMotion app. It outlines the steps of brainstorming and developing a story, building props and sets, shooting the movie by taking incremental photos, and sharing the final video. Tips are provided such as keeping the story and movements simple, using quality backgrounds, and taking a sufficient number of frames to make the animation smooth.
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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 iMotionthe app well be using!
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Lets get familiar with vocabulary:
iMotion 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
Ghost image a faint image of the picture you just took will appear in iMotion so
that you may line up your new photo so that your character or set has moved
slightly from the image beforewhat is seen as the ghost image
Well explore these in the iMotion demo
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Lets get familiar with the steps of
this project:
Individual story brainstorm
Group story brainstorm
Story and idea
Propose to Miss Eggers
Build sets and props
Shoot movie
Finalize and Export
Share
Fill out Rubric
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Creating your movie:
The simpler the idea the better
You will be deciding how to communicate an idea about color theory
Color mixing, color families, color vocabulary
Consider materials that can be found in the art room for your set and
props you are welcome to bring items from home, but their safety
isnt 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
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Lets 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
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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 dont get along?
LETS LOOK AT THE PACKET AND SOME EXAMPLES