Animation Club

Do you have a story idea?  Would you like to turn that idea into a short animated movie?

Mr. Cox and Ms. Kline are offering the Creek Animation Club for all interested students.  We held information sessions this week. If you missed these meeting don't worry!  Below are the videos we showed about each medium.

Club members have two options for creating their stories.

Stop Motion Animation

SCRATCH

Sign up for the club here: http://tinyurl.com/creekanimationclub

The first creative meetings are scheduled!

5th grade - Wednesday, Sept. 11th during recess and lunch.

6th grade - Monday, Sept. 16th during recess and lunch.

Studio You

The club formerly known as Anime met today.  Our previous brainstorming meeting showed two areas of interest - video games and movie making.  Studio You might be a better name for this group!
The large crowd of students today viewed some possible options.

SCRATCH

Like playing video games?  It is time for you to design them!

Video Production

There are many possibilities for this option:

Stop Motion with Clay. A recent example is The Pirates! Band of Misfits.

Our first attempts might be a little less polished. Here is the first film by a 6th grade team from my old school in North Carolina.


Stop motion can also be made with Lego characters or other action figures.  Here is a great example shared with the group by Joel from Neighborhood 53 at Creek (Mrs. Miner/Mrs. Pickering). Notice how Joel uses music to set the mood, pacing, and action of the film.



Films using puppets are another great video production style.  The muppets are one of the best know examples.

Our first films might look like this version of Little Red Riding Hood.