Stop Animation Films

The Essentials

Stop Animation Films are movies created by taking photos
Recommended for ages 8 and up
Can be completed individually or as a group.
Projects can be completed on a device or printed out.
Can be done at home or school

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The Process Unpacked

Stage One: Pre-Production

For the Teacher

While participating in this project, children will be performing actions using digital devices that align with the new Digital Curriculum.

We have designed this project to specifically align with Designing and Developing Progress Outcome 1

Students participate in teacher-led activities to develop, manipulate, store, retrieve, and share digital content in order to meet technological challenges. In doing so, they identify digital devices and their purposes and understand that humans make them. They know how to use some applications, they can identify the inputs and outputs of a system, and they understand that digital devices store content, which can be retrieved later.

This project has been created to expose children to the right tools that link to the digital curriculum, however it still requires a facilitators presence to emphasize the required learning.

As you follow this guide, you will notice we have highlighted the different learning outcomes to emphasize with your children.

For the Student

Pre-production is an essential stage of any project.

It’s the planning process and follow up of every task that must take place before the production can begin. It includes the finalization of the script or film strip. The preparation of equipment and props that might be needed for filming. You can schedule your shoot days, scout and secure your locations, and breakdown your filmstrip with your crew

The aim is to problem solve as many things as possible before we get on set, so that it can go as smooth as possible.

Completing this stage means you are ready to let the cameras roll!

Stage Two: Production

For the Teacher

Store Content

While children are taking photos, talk about how cameras store the photos and different ways that we will be able to retrieve them later. Do we need to plug the camera in?, is it on an SD card that we need to insert into a computer, or is it able to be uploaded to the cloud?

Digital Purposes

Discuss with children the purpose of a camera. Why was it designed, what challenge did someone have that required them to try and build a camera?

For the Student

Stage Three: Post Production

For the Teacher

Inputs and Outputs

Discuss the inputs and outputs of a device or application. While children are using their video editor, talk about how when you input something, the device processes your change and then it gives an output. When we input the pictures to be 0.2 seconds each, the output is that they show for a brief time.  When we input a sound effect, the output is it plays at a certain time during the film.  It could even be, when you push a button on the mouse, the output is that something changes on the computer screen

Storing and Retrieving

As they put their photos into the video editor, discuss where the pictures are stored. Are they stored on a computer hard drive? Or on platforms like Google Drive which is in the cloud? Think about how where they are stored determines how we can find them later, whether it is only on that device, or on any device.

Purpose of Applications

While editing, discuss with students why your video editor was created. Get them to think about the first person who designed it, why did they create it? What were they trying to solve or create? Help them understand that Digital Devices and Applications were created with a purpose in mind.

Develop Content

While editing their film, discuss with children the different things they are doing to better develop it. This includes shortening the picture length, adding sounds, titles and transitions. This digital application enables us to develop it, and there are other applications that may give us more options to develop it.

Share Content

Once the film has been produced, children have different options around how they share their content. Whether it is on an online platform or as a file that they send to specific people. Have a think about who they want their audience to be.

For the Student

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