Description
Stop-motion animation is a technique typically used to animate otherwise inanimate objects from LEGOs to drawings and it has been used to make movies such as The Nightmare Before Christmas, Wallace and Gromit: A Grand Day Out, Chicken Run, and Fantastic Mr. Fox.
Over the course of this 4-week class, we will not only learn how to use stop-motion techniques, but will also learn about broader topics like what makes a good story, good frame composition, and how to use colors effectively.
The only tools we will be using in this class to make animations are Blender, a camera, YouTube, and Pixlr Editor.
Blender – this is free but students will need to download it to their computers.
Camera – A smartphone will do fine. It just needs to be able to take a high volume of photos at a decent resolution and be able to transfer them to a computer.
YouTube – We will be uploading videos to YouTube to make it easier to share them. This will require having a Gmail account and creating a YouTube channel.
Pixlr.com – It’s a free web app. No download, no sign in.
Recommended age: 5th-12th grade
Each module will have a project for students to do and the best ones could win gift cards.
You will have access to this unit study for as long as you want!
You only need ONE per family! All family members can log in individually or you can go through it together as a family. But you only need to pay ONCE!
