Unit 33 assignment 1: stop motion lesson notes and ppt

Watch the above STOP MOTION
What genre is the animation and what generic conventions (things you expect to see) can you pull out?
What do you notice about the movement of the figures body?
What do you notice about the movement of the figures face and facial expression?
What comments can you make about the use of sound?

Discussion (you did some prep work on different styles and audiences)

• What genres of stop motion are there?
• What styles of stop motion?
• Who is the audience?

the old and the new

What differences can you see in the two animations?
What similarities are there in the two animations?
Can you tell if over time there has been a development in the skills and techniques of animation?

HOMEWORK/CLASS TASK:

Create a Stop motion timeline.

• Embed videos of different stop motions from oldest (go really old) to newest
• Make sure the examples cover different genres and styles of stop motion and different target audiences
• Stop motion and the technology development task
• plot in your timeline when the technology ws developed and who made it

• Go back to your timeline and pull out a minimum of three examples, different styles and target audinces and write an analysis of how they have used the rules of animation (or challenged them) why they have done this, and what effect it has on the audience

Mark scheme

MERIT:
You will explain the development of animation by giving specific examples, from the timeline of animation development, and explain how the principles of animation have been used in the examples to create an impact for the audience.
When you give examples of the more modern work you will explain the production company and the target audience you think they are addressing.
You will show some understanding of which techniques create the best form of movement. For example ”The movement of models needs to be planned very carefully for each shot. Early animation such as ???? did not do this and looks very poor compared to the accurate techniques used in ????”
DISTINCTION
You will explain the development of animation by giving specific examples from different genres and different styles of stop motion animation, from the timeline of animation development, and explain how the principles of animation have been used in the examples to create an impact for the audience. .
When you give examples of the more modern work you will explain the production company and the target audience you think they are addressing
You will explain how some techniques and styles of stop motion animation may be more appropriate to certain genres and audiences by giving examples.
You will compare what impact the style and technique of stop motion has had for the audience using old and new examples, debating if the newer example is better/worse than the older example or if the newer example has made better more effective use of the principles than the other.