Make a Storyboard to Sketch out Your Idea

Stop Motion

Digital Photo 3

You will create your own short film using stop motion techniques. Consider writing your narrative using one of the following themes/concepts: tension or transformation or surrealism.

Requirements:

· Make a storyboard to sketch out your idea.

· Create/make 2-d props/characters/puppets and/or 3-d props/characters/puppets. You may also use some found objects, but you must create some of the elements for your story. You can use construction paper, cardboard, fabric, wood, modeling clay, tooth picks, etc. You could photograph the actual puppets or the shadows of the puppets. Look at origami and Chinese paper cuttings.

· Create a backdrop or diorama type stage for your narrative. You may want more than one scene/environment.

· Include a title with your name at the start of movie and credits at the end of movie.

· Set your camera’s image size to small JPEG.

· Your film must be at least 1 minute long. You will have about 6 frames per second (fps), so you will need to shoot 400- 500 photos. (Most computer animation is between 10-20 frames per second. Animation shot on film and projected is usually 24 frames per second.)

· Consider your compositions and lighting in the creation of your piece. How will the framing and light add to the mood?

· Consider when you may jump from one shot to another (long shot vs. medium vs. close-up).

· Music/sound is optional, but recommended.

Look at the following for inspiration:

History and Info of animation: http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Stop_motion_-_History/id/5490256

http://www.stopmotioncentral.com/articles-5.html

Edweard Muybridge: http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0309/lm20.html

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Yib9JhsNIQQ

Humorous Phases of Funny Faces by J. Stuart Blackton in 1906: http://youtube.com/watch?v=8dRe85cNXwg

Brothers Quay: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2o03HM3ps4&feature=related

Nick Park: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eMaqDQLoe4&feature=related

Ray Harryhausen: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Harryhausen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9kmjW73-v4&feature=related

William Kentridge: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHLCiB3xzC8&feature=related

Tim Burton: http://youtube.com/watch?v=4Qg_ICDf0bE&feature=related

Michel Gondry’s White Stripes video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=XRDi67G0Siw

and making of: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzebYFxuB-A

Music video using time lapse: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_HXUhShhmY

Other creative videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CWOebTREVU

http://www.eatpes.com/western_spaghetti.html (if pes site doesn’t work, try: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBjLW5_dGAM)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfBlUQguvyw (not animated, but creative idea)

time lapse of glaciers: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102041024 or

http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2009/03/extreme_ice.html

time lapse (project rebirth): http://www.projectrebirth.org/

time lapse of moon: http://www.astrosurf.com/cidadao/animations.htm

done with legos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDe4v318f64

Cold Play video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb9X5jMofEo

Done with post-it notes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpWM0FNPZSs

http://www.ringling.edu/ (go to student work and view animation videos)

student, Brain Panebianco, done with play dough: http://www.youtube.com/user/sfkd8r#p/u/29/FgLVLsJhZoU

Stop Motion Assessment Sheet Names__________________________________________

Film demonstrates a clear understanding of the breakdown of actions to create a stopped motion: