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Here are the resources for the ‘Taking Animation Further’ twilight on 4th February. The twilight aims to equip you with the skills and some ideas for making better animations with students.
Stop Motion Animation is the art of bringing life to 3D models made out of clay or plasticene. Moving models tiny bit by bit and filming each movement, you can create the illusion of movement. Animation is great fun – it teaches computer skills, literacy and can help to develop speaking and listening.
Here are some great examples of Stop Motion Animation made by pupils:
The Story of Zacchaeus – Year 3 and 4
In this example from Walkley Primary School, each small group of students took a chapter from the book by W. Heath Robinson and created their own interpretation through animation.
What is learnt through Animation?
- Unleashes Creativity
- Deepens understanding of an issue or text
- Encourages discussion and team work
- Enables students with additional needs to express themselves
- Builds confidence
- Encourages negotiation
- Encourages personalised learning by supporting a variety of learning styles
- Creates motivation
- Supports story / process sequencing
PC
On a PC there are a number of Stop Motion Animation packages that you can use such a Stop Motion Pro and Digital Blue Movie Creator. Digital Blue Movie Creator comes with it’s own camera which is easy to use for children and can also record video live action.
Using Digital Blue Movie Creator
Adding Music Using Digital Blue
Two great web sites for developing animation further are filmstreet and schooltoons.
Take your school to the Oscars!
The Steel City Globe film awards are the premier showcase for Sheffield schools to demonstrate their creative use of digital media.
Our Partner Schools teachers can benefit from the following free support:
Film Making for Primary Schools – Some Practical Activities
Wednesday 3rd February 2010Â 4:00-5:30pm
Simple activities using Microsoft Movie Maker and low-cost hand-held digital video cameras to get students started with film making.
Taking Animation Further
Thursday 4th February 2010Â Â Â Â Â 4:00-5:30pm
How to create better animations and films through media literacy activities and better storyboarding techniques. Suitable for Primary and Secondary School staff with some experience of animation or film making, however little!
Free loan equipment
We have film and animation making kit available to loan for partnership schools including Digital Blue cameras and Digital Video cameras.
April 1st 2010 is the closing date for the Steel City Globe film awards.
Primary Schools can enter films of up to two minutes in length and Secondary Schools up to three minutes.
Twilight Training Programme
We are offering a number of twilight training sessions, free to partnership schools.
Studywiz Learning Platform Training
Multimedia in the learning platform including audio podcasting, using video and other methods that teachers and their students can easily pick up.
Mon 7th Dec 4:00-5:30pm
Developing Literacy Through Computer Games
Use of ICT has been found to increase engagement with reading and writing, especially with boys. This session will include some practical activities that can be delivered in the classroom.
Weds 9th Dec 4:00-5:30pm
Film Making for Primary Schools
Simple activities using Microsoft Movie Maker and low cost hand held digital video cameras to get students started with film making.
Film Making for Secondary Schools
Simple activities that use Microsoft Movie Maker and a range of digital video cameras to get students started with film making – ready for OCR Nationals, DIDA and for use across the curriculum.
Tue 12th Jan 4:00-5:30pm
Frog Learning Platform Training
Collaborative learning. Using tools on the learning platform to get pupils working with each other and their teachers.
Wed 20th jan 4:00-5:30pm
Taking Animation Further
How to add titles, narration, music and sound effects in Digital Blue Movie Creator to make better animation.
Thur 4th Feb 4:00-5:30pm
To book your places on these courses please call 0114 2855586 and ask to speak to Dave / Sarah.
Royd Nursery and Infants – Animation Workshop
Tracey Scott and Marie Jolly from Royd Nursery and Infants ran an excellent workshop at the CLC on Friday 25th September as part of the Emerging Technologies Conference for schools in this partnership.
The workshop was all about Animation and Film making. Here are the films that they used in the workshop – examples of films made by pupils at the school.
Developing Media Literacy through Animation
Welcome to the training session which aims to help you make better animations and films through media literacy activities and storyboarding techniques.
By the end of this session you should:
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- Understand what media literacy is and why it’s important
- Know how to use a selection of media literacy activities
- Understand the basics of pre and post production and why these are important
- Know how to use a selection of tools for pre and post production effectively
This session should also equip you to help students make better films and animations.
What is Media Literacy?
Media Literacy can be defined as the ability to access, understand and create communication in a variety of contexts. These contexts cover print, moving image, audio, online across a variety of devices and broadcast channels.
In this session we will be focusing on cine or film literacy in particular – which is the understanding of the moving image and how this is related to literacy and the wider curriculum.
Media Literacy – What? Why? and How? Presentation
Why is it important?
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‘Giving people the choice to communicate, create and participate fully in today’s fast-moving world… this will help create a society in which everyone is enfranchised’
Charter for Media Literacy
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In the same way a book is a text, the same is true of a film. A moving image text can be ‘read’ in similar ways to a print text, so cineliteracy helps children develop ‘higher order’ skills of inference, textual exegesis and personal response.
www.filmstreet.co.uk
The Cellar Door – Film for Cine Literacy Activity
Young Soul Rebels – Film for Cine Literacy Activity
How can media literacy be developed in the classroom?
Look Again – A Teaching Guide to using Film and Television with 3 – 11 year olds
Moving Images in the Classroom – A Secondary Teachers Guide to using Film and Television
Cineliteracy activities from Filmstreet / BFI – Look Again
BFI Screenonline Tops and Tails (Lesson starters and plenaries)
Pre-production
Film in Schools Teacher Resources – storyboards, film terms and other useful resources
Storyboarding and Framing shots
Further Resources
Starting Stories – Film and Literacy DVD and Teaching Pack for Primary (KS1)
Story Shorts – Film and Literacy DVD and Teaching Pack for Primary (KS2)
Screening Shorts – Short Films to develop creativity, literacy and cineliteracy (Secondary)
Film Street – Web Site for Primary School Pupils all about Film
ClustrMaps
