Year 3 - Art and design
Make your monster move - stop motion animation
Monsters: sculpture and digital design
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Unit Summary
This design and make unit has links with the creative industries. Pupils will identify and study monsters in film and paintings, before realising their own imaginative concepts into models and animation.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to create a stop motion animation to make your monster move.
Key Notes
- Stop motion animation is used to create animations of clay models.
- Stop motion animation involves taking a series of still images to create the illusion of movement.
- Proper lighting ensures consistent and clear images.
Vocabulary To Learn
- stop motion animation: a form of animation involving sequential photography of still objects
- storyboard: a sequence of drawings representing the shots planned for an animation or film
- digital device: an electronic device such as a tablet, smartphone, or camera used for creating and editing animations
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may think that stop motion animation is the same as a video recording. They may think that you need expensive equipment to create stop motion animations.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Stop motion animation is used to create animations of clay models. Stop motion animation involves taking a series of still images to create the illusion of movement.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'stop motion animation'
a form of animation involving sequential photography of still objects.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils may think that stop motion animation is the same as a video recording. They may think that you need expensive equipment to create stop motion animations. Correction: Remind pupils that stop motion animation is created by taking individual still images. A video recording captures continuous motion. It can be created using simple and readily available devices.
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