Claymation

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This Term you will be creating your own 'claymation' movies to be added to your digital portfolios. A claymation is just an animated movie using clay characters and 'a lot' of photos. Your claymation movie will be very simple as it's your first attempt. So you will only have one or two characters with a very simple plot. For example, a dog chasing its tail, a flower without water, a blob of clay turning into a character etc. You will be using SAM animation and IMovie. Your character can be made from clay and/or you can start collecting things like lego men, matchbox cars, dolls etc. as these also make great characters and props.

Your learning this term will follow a PDSA cycle. This stands for Plan, Do, Study, Act. You will be planning and doing your claymation and then studying whether everything is how you like it. If you are not happy with your finished result, you will be making the appropriate changes. You may work with a partner if you wish. Good Luck!

= Plan = 1. Go to [|Rollermache] Go to the [| Inspire] section and watch the //Shaun the Sheep (on page 2) and Rollercoaster Rabbit (on page 3)//videos. See how simple the 'plot' of your claymation needs to be? It takes so long to capture the photos, so the message keep it simple. 2. Now go to the [|Plan] and Create sections and spend time reading and learning about animations. Make sure you read about a 'storyboard' and look at the 'Rollercoaster Rabbit' storyboard example. 3. Open up SAM Animation and spend some time 'playing' with a 'test' animation. 4.Use the ideas from Rollermache to plan your character, background, props and storyline. It doesn't have to be perfect at this stage because your animation will develop as you go along. = Do = 1. Make your character, props and a green screen background. 2. Start animating! = Study = Is your storyboard idea working? Are you happy with your character(s)? Do they look good on film? Are you happy with your final animation? Does the animation flow or is it stilted? Do you need to re-capture any frames? = Act = Make any improvements to your animation. Export your animation and import it into IMovie. Find an appropriate background image for your movie and green screen it in IMovie. Create your titles & credits and add any music, narration.

Happy Animating!!!!