Lesson 1 of Stop Motion Animation Class

Today the children did a lot. They created their dream puppets, started their storyboards and they started the sets for their rooms.

• First we watched some animations on YouTube to get an understanding of camera techniques.We watched Yannik Puig's "I lived on the Moon" : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5pm-UopPR4 and Charlie and Lola's "The Bestest in the Barn": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_RPhrTcWlE

• Children were shown samples of art made of leaves and then were given prints of their leaves to cut out to create their creatures.

Below are their dream puppets created of leaves, flowers and other found objects.



























































































Next the children created the rough storyboard for their animations.













Finally, the children started their room sets based upon their
storyboards.