• HEI 2021 Lights, Camera Action
  • STOPMOTION ANIMATION PROJECT
  • Movie Trailer Project
  • Editing Exercises/Practice
  • Animation Choice - Tutorials
    • Animation Principle #1 : Squash & Stretch (The Ball Bounce)
    • Animation Principle #2 Staging
    • Animation Principle #3 Timing (Countdown Bomb)
    • Adding Audio, Titles and Turning in your animations from Final Cut Pro
  • Movie Trailer Project
  Digital Communication's Class

Intro To Stop Motion Animation. 

Claymation - Animate clay (30 -90 seconds) 100 Points
Pre-production - 4 days

Filming Dates: 5 days
Editing: 1 days

Due: November  16 - Groups 1-5  November 24 by 7:45 AM - Groups 6-10
Projects completed after this date are subject to a 15 point penalty per day. 

Stopmotion Rubric/Checklist/Handouts

stopmotion_ind_dev_form.pdf
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_stop_motion_animation_rubric.pdf
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final_7th_grade_stopmotion_plan_form_clay_copy.pdf
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istopmotion Filming instructions_2014_15_copy_2.pdf
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Rubric
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DEVELOPMENT & PRE-PRODUCTION
Step 1) Form a group of 1-3 students and fill out the group plan form. 
Share individual ideas and narrow them down to a list of your top 3. Final idea descriptions will be pitched out loud to the rest of the class for initial feedback. You should be able to describe your ideas in a few sentences. 

Step 2 ) Storyboard your animation.  (click here to learn more about storyboarding)
Collaborate on 1 final group storyboard for your best idea only.  Blank storyboards are available from Mr. Matuch or by clicking here.  

Step 3) Fill out the group clay form. Read the form instructions carefully. 

















Step 4 ) Build your characters - Make sure they are stable and able to be repositioned frame by frame without falling over or falling apart. 
See video below for some behind the scenes tips.

Building Clay Characters - Some behind the scenes tips. 

Stage 3: PRODUCTION
​5 Days To Complete Filming

Stage 4: POST-PRODUCTION 

Once you are completely finished capturing frames, you need to export your animation from iStopmotion and import it into iMovie for editing and audio enhancement (music and foley/sound fx. 

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