DIGITAL FAMILIES STOP MOTION ANIMATION
Design: Hannah Dix
TRAINER’S NOTES
OVERVIEW: DIGITAL FAMILIES Digital Families is a series of workshops focusing on the family coproduction of digital media. Its primary aims are to: • Develop parents’ and children’s levels of digital literacy • Promote further family engagement in community services • Foster a culture of family learning to support children’s education • Particularly for children with Special Educational Needs This project is funded by Samsung UK, undertaken by Bournemouth University and supported by Aster Homes and Skills & Learning BDP. Find us at digitallyfamily.com Twitter: @digitallyfamily
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TRAINER’S NOTES
LEARNING OBJECTIVES By the end of this, I will be able to: 1. Understand what a stop-motion is 2. Produce my own stop-motion animation 3. Share my creation with the public online Core Digital Skills 1. Teach yourself simple tasks using tutorials 2. Take a series of photographs using a tablet 3. Create a video production 4. Share a digital creation online 5. Stay in touch via email DIGCOMP • Communication: 2.1 Interacting through technologies, 2.2 Sharing information and content • Content Creation: 3.1 - developing content, 3.4 programming
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LINKS TO OTHER ACTIVITIES
• Augmented Reality T-Shirt Printing • Family Blogging
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activity structure
Age group: This activity is best suited to families with children in years 3 - 6 (Key Stage 2)
Timing: This activity takes approximately 40 - 60 minutes to complete.
Before you start... Make sure all smart devices are connected to the internet and have PicPac installed.
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WHAT DO YOU NEED? HARDWARE • ANDROID SMARTPHONE OR TABLET • INTERNET CONNECTION
SOFTWARE • APP: PICPAC • EMAIL ACCOUNT • YOUTUBE ACCOUNT (OPTIONAL)
ACCESSORIES • PROPS - PENS, POST-IT NOTES, TOYS, PAPER, STRAWS, BOOKS ETC. • CAMERA TRIPOD*
*something heavy
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STOP MOTION ANIMATION
Let’s get animated! Digital Families Stop Motion Animation
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STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE
PART 1 - Fotor 1. Download and install the PicPac app from Google Play
2. Open the PicPac app and skip the introduction video
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STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE
3. Press take photos to open the stop motion camera screen
We will use this screen to automatically take pictures, at a set time period. These pictures will then be combined together to create a Stop-Motion Video. We can change settings for taking pictures from this screen, including: • Auto: Whether the app will automatically take pictures after a certain number of seconds, or whether images are taken manually. • Interval: Number of seconds pause between each picture, so how much time you have to set each shot. • Size: The resolution used to take picture. Higher is better, but it dependent on your devices camera.
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STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE
4. Gather your props, set up your stage and write your script
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STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE
5. Start taking the individual images for your movie Professional Stop-Motion Videos have 60 images per second so a 30 second clip would require 1,800 images. We can choose how many images to show per second later. To start, we can make a short video with 30 images, displaying 1 image per second.
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After you press play, if Auto is selected then the app will start automatically take photos at the set Interval
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Automatic pictures can be paused by pressing
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After each photo a timer will appear until the next photo
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Press stop only when you have finished
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STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE
6. Edit images to appear in your final movie
• You can now preview your movie • You may want to change the speed images are shown • Images can be selected for inclusion and deleted, copied, or rotated
• When you have edited your images, you can make final changes to your movie. • You can add a Title Screen Note: in the free version, you are only allowed to create videos at a resolution of 360 x 480.
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STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE
7. Record your audio and add music to the movie
• You can record your own sound effects and voice. You will be taken throughout the entire video to do so • You can add music that you have on your tablet or…
• … search for music online to download and add to your video.
Note: Additional information will be added to the video so that it can be shared legally. Be mindful of copyright if you are using music on your tablet.
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