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Animation Club

with Mrs. Mitchell

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Welcome to the club!

Whether you're an artist who enjoys creating animation, such as traditional hand-drawn flip books, stop motion or claymation. Or if you just enjoy watching animations, and learning how they are made, this club is for you!

5 Types of Animation

  • Traditional Animator (2D, Cel, Hand Drawn)
  • 2D Animation (Vector Based)
  • 3D Animation (CGI, Computer Animation)
  • Motion Graphics (Typography, Animated Logos)
  • Stop Motion (Claymation, Cut-Outs)
Stop Motion - paper animation
CREATE - A stop motion short by Dan MacKenzie
Nonsense Motion
Stop Motion - Occupation: Animator
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Stop Motion Studio

For iPads or iPhones. Mostly free with in-app purchases.
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Lego Movie maker

Free. Good for stop motion.
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Animation and Drawing by Do Ink (And Green Screen by Do Ink)

Digital animations. Good for cartooning. $4.99

This company also has a green screen app which we will use too.

Want to learn more? You can learn HOW to animate with the Khan Academy course below!

September

We will spend a little time looking at how animations are made and the history of animation. Students will be supplied with everything they need to make an animated toy.
Cat Flip Book
How to Create a Flip Book

October

This month, we will delve into the art of stop motion and time lapse as we look at how the animators at Wallace and Grommit used claymation to create their movies. If time allows, students will use a few basic supplies to create their own brief stop motion films.
How to Storyboard Your Animation | Stop Motion

Stop Motion

Behind the scenes on the new Wallace and Gromit ad
How To Make Stop Motion Animation
Lego stop motion tutorial
Percussion

Time Lapse

Zentangle Time Lapse
stop motion lego movie
Build a Snowman.dv

November

This month we will explore how green screens impact the art of animation and we will practice using the green screen to make a short movie.

December

Student Gallery! This is your chance to share anything you have created at home. Just upload it to google drive and share it with me and I can play it on my tv for the rest of the class to enjoy. I will also share a few of my favorite animated video clips.