The spring thaw makes me feel ANIMATED!
So, I’ve sketched out a plan to take a beginner from framing a basic narrative on a storyboard (something like a comic strip) to the ultimate goal of making an animated video.
Fun, fun, fun!!!
Day 1: Storyboard
http://www.billybear4kids.com/Learn2Draw/storyboard.shtml
Day 2: Thaumatrope with text
http://www.youthlearn.org/learning/activities/multimedia/animation.asp
Day 3:
Flip Book
http://www.instructables.com/id/Make_Your_Drawings_Move/
Day 4:
Zoetropes and phenakistascopes require a few more props.
http://www.groeg.de/puzzles/zoetrope.html
http://brightbytes.com/collection/phena.html
Day 5, 6, 7, 8:
Computer animation, multimedia presentations or video.
And that’s how we get to the big, final project of:
How to make a simple stop motion video using Windows Movie Maker
http://www.instructables.com/id/How_to_make_a_simple_stop_motion_video_using_Windo/
Step 1:
Animation with dry erase board. For this method all you need is a ‘dry erase’ board (‘whiteboard’), a usb camera, a computer, and some free software.
Step 2:
Take some pictures with a small amount of movement in each.
Steps 3 to 10:
Open windows movie maker and click and drag the pictures in.
Drag the pictures into the timeline in order.
Go into the Tools menu, then Options.
Click on the Advanced tab, and then change the picture duration and transition duration to the lowest settings.
Add sound by dragging in the sound, then dragging it to the timeline where you want.
Preview the movie by clicking on the first frame, then play in the movie preview window.
If you are happy with your film, click ctrl+p or file, Save movie file. When you are in, follow the prompts.
If you are unhappy with the speed, select the slow pictures and add the effect speed up, double.
You have just made your first stop motion film! Congratulations!!!
