Overview

This is a complete resource jam packed with activity ideas, practical guidance and online resources for teaching 2D and 3D animation. Including animation in your classroom can: improve literacy and numeracy; develop critical thinking, communication and problem-solving skills; and, enhance teamwork and negotiation. Animation is a playful medium. It takes the diversity, excitement and mystery of the world and gives vivid life to what we experience. Introducing animation into the classroom helps students engage with a subject, increases motivation and makes use of skills learned outside of school. This practical, cross-curricular resource contains everything needed to integrate 2D and 3D animation into the school curriculum, and includes an extensive website. From teaching basic flip book animation right through to producing an animated film, there are drawing templates for the less confident teacher artists and tried-and-tested schemes of work, plus advice on how to use animation equipment and what technology is available. Particularly suitable for use with students aged 11-16, many of the activities can be adapted for older or younger students, and can be used in Media Studies, Art, ICT and many other subjects to engage learners of all styles and abilities.

Full Product Details

Author:   Britta Pollmüller ,  Martin Sercombe
Publisher:   Continuum Publishing Corporation
Imprint:   Continuum Publishing Corporation
Dimensions:   Width: 16.90cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.364kg
ISBN:  

9781441145253

ISBN 10:   1441145257
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   03 November 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.
Language:   English

Table of Contents

Part One: Getting Started; Introduction; Why Use Animation in the Classroom?; Sketching a History of Animation; Animation Toys and Warm Up Exercises; Create a Flip Book; Make a Thaumatrope; Make a Phenakistoscope; Making a Zoetrope; Breathe Life into Teddy; Twist 'em, Bend 'em; Drawing Simple Transformations; Expressive Lines; Creating Expressions; Character Sheet; Character Sheet 2; Blowing up a Balloon; Getting the Basics of Movement; Part Two: Animation Literacy; The Importance of Cineliteracy; Showing Animation in the Classroom; Language of the Moving Image; The Grammar of Film Language; Freeze Frame; Studying a Title Sequence; Title Sequence 2; Title Sequence Storyboard; Sound and Image; Who Makes Animations?; Exploring Genre; Genre Translation; Genre and Character Design; Character Design Sheet; The Theme of Friendship in The Iron Giant; Music and Imagery in Peter and the Wolf; Understanding Leitmotiv in Peter and the Wolf; Compose a 15 second Leitmotiv; Story Writing; Storytelling with a Video Camera; Script Writing; Character Types; Analysing Story Structure; Cineliteracy: Focus of Learning KS3-4; Storyboarding; Basic Storyboard Language and Symbols; Storyboard Template; Storyboard Sequencing; Sample Character Design Sheets and Storyboard; Animated Haiku; Animal Haiku; Part Three: Animation Styles; Pixilation; Animated Dances; Animation in the Landscape; Talking Objects; Plasticine Model Animation; Metamorphosis; Cut Out Animation; Shadow Puppetry; Drawn Animation; Drawing Template 4:3 Ratio; Drawing Template 16:9 Ratio; Key Frames and Inbetweens; Lip Sync Activity Sheet; Lip Sync Reference Guide; Digitally Drawn Animation; Machinima; Moviestorm; Crazy Talk; How to make an iPod Scrub; Part Four: Schemes of Work; Crazy Talk; How to make an iPod Scrub; Scheme of Work 1: Tell Me a Story; Scheme of Work 2: TV Adverts; Scheme of Work 3: Music Videos; Scheme of Work 4: Being Antisocial; Part Five: Resources; Animation Equipment; Setting Up an Animation Rostrum; Producing Your Own Animated Film; Funding a Project; Recording Sound; PC Software: Using Cinecap; PC Software: Editing with Pinnacle Studio; PC Software: Audacity; PC Software: Using Audacity; PC Software: Windows Movie Maker; Animation Resources on the Internet; Animation Software; Editing Software; Books; Glossary of Terms; Recommended Animators; Additional Credits; Notes; Index.

Reviews

'The Teachers' Animation Toolkit is an imaginative and invaluable resource, rich with exercises and information. It shows that animation can be a vital component in any child's education, enhancing skills and knowledge in all subject areas, while remaining creative and fun. From Disney to Desktop, it enables children to embrace a still undervalued form, so they might become the film-makers and animators of the future...' Paul Wells, Director of the Animation Academy, Loughborough University, UK

'This new book for teachers is grounded in two things: firstly, a belief in the inherent power of animation activities to transform the experience of learning across the curriculum and, secondly, a sense of the form itself, its history and development. Its authors clearly care about the medium and have provided a range of resources and support for teachers and learners to get started.' John Potter, Programme Leader, Centre for the Study of Children, Youth and Media, The London Knowledge Lab, University of London, UK 'The Teachers' Animation Toolkit is an imaginative and invaluable resource, rich with exercises and information. It shows that animation can be a vital component in any child's education, enhancing skills and knowledge in all subject areas, while remaining creative and fun. From Disney to Desktop, it enables children to embrace a still undervalued form, so they might become the film-makers and animators of the future...' Paul Wells, Director of the Animation Academy, Loughborough University, UK

Author Information

Martin Sercombe is founding director of Media Projects East in the UK. Martin has made a wide range of documentaries, artist's films and animations. Britta Pollmuller is Director of Media Projects East and Lecturer in Games Art and Design at Norwich University College of the Arts, UK.

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