Animation with MFL's
Wed, Oct 14 2009 03:44
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Hola! Today at a golf course in Sunny South Gloucestershire we animated fuzzy felts! On the fram Fuzzy Felts. I was hoping to create a new film genre, using the subtle tones of the French language with Fuzzy Felt, but no volunteers so we used Spanish instead. This film was made in just 20 mins proving that it doesn't take a long time to make an animation, by Ben and Elena. Thank you!
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Sleepy Sheep
Tue, Oct 13 2009 02:42
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A fun short animation made by teachers in Devon in 60 mins. as part of the Persistence of Vision project happening in Devon, Norfolk and Warwickshire this year. I like the sound effects and the clever use of blur to highlight the dreamy state. The blur was created with the focus ring on the front of the Hue webcam. Toes could have been made bigger and wiggled more!
2D animation made on a bus
Wed, Sep 9 2009 02:15
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This brilliant short film was made on a Bus by young people in Bristol working along side Helen Hewitt, who works for Animation For Education.
The technique is simple and effective and took only a day to complete, working with one laptop, camera on a tripod, I Can Animate and iMovie.
The project was funded by the fire service and their objective was to raise awareness around fire safety with young people.
Sketch out simple ideas around fire safety.
Create the art work using plain white card and a thick black maker.
Decide on features that will be animated.
Set up kit, so camera on tripod is pointing down ( As a rostrum camera would) towards
the art work, blu tak is required to keep back ground still and clean hands help.
Notice in the film that only a few features are animated at a time, this makes it very
watchable as well as close shots with the camera draw the audience in.
For information on courses for teachers and workshop opportunities for students you can contact Animation For Education Here
Animated sticky Notes
Mon, Aug 10 2009 08:43
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This is a great example of a simple idea, fun and engaging. Will have fun trying this out and stickies are cheaper than plasticine!
Shapeshifting Post-It Notes from mrmayo on Vimeo.
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Close ups, close ups, CLOSE UPS!
Tue, Jul 21 2009 02:22
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My objective this summer, running animation workshops around the UK, will be to develop a method of encouraging students to use close ups or at least move the camera closer to the action. Close ups draw the viewer into the world being created and thus engage. Too many animations that I've watched this year and for several animation competitions that I have had the pleasure of judging, have been filmed in one entire long shot, fine for the first 15 seconds, but then it can get boring.
Photographs that are close to the subject are far more interesting than long shots, long shots are used to show the huge mountains or wonderful sunset on the beach, but with lego and model animation in schools we must get closer to the action and not worry to much about excluding the set ( That may have taken a long time to create). An audience want's to follow the action of the story foremost.
Animations from Team Building day
Mon, Jul 20 2009 05:00
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These are the outcomes from a recent team building day at the Institute of Education, London. Much fun was had by all. Quote from organiser of the day below. The films were made in just 60 mins and each group was a given a title to help focus minds and keep within the theme of the day.
Why talking is better than email.
What makes a team?
‘One of the best staff development days we have had.It was a great way to get to know other members of staff, work as a teamand of course have a fabulous animation to show at the end!I would highly recommend it!’
Team building- part 2
Wed, Jul 15 2009 03:21
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The session is only 1 hour long in total 15 mins planning, 30 mins
filming and finaly 15 mins to add sound
filming and finaly 15 mins to add sound
Team building using animation- part 1
Wed, Jul 15 2009 03:15
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I'm at the Insitute of education, London using animation as a team
building activity.
building activity.
The title for their film is, "Why is talking better than email?"
Primary languages
Fri, Jul 10 2009 07:16
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Two fun short animated fuzzy felt moments created today in just 60 mins at the Primary languages conference in Telford.
The teachers emptied the boxes of fuzzy felt bits and created their stories, then shot the action and finally added their voice overs. Proving that animation doesn't have to take up huge amounts of time and can be used for creating short MFL scripts and stories.
Enjoy.
Collaborative learning
Wed, Jul 8 2009 04:01
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Teenagers can get a lot of bad press, for their attitude and
behaviour. But one area teenagers excel is when working together as a
team or in a group. They can do this so naturaly compared to other age
groups. Animation can allow these natural soft skills room to develop.
Below the students are working as a team sharing and communicating
their ideas, this is a great skill for life, the ability to be able to
communicate ideas and thoughts clearly to others in away that can be
understood.
behaviour. But one area teenagers excel is when working together as a
team or in a group. They can do this so naturaly compared to other age
groups. Animation can allow these natural soft skills room to develop.
Below the students are working as a team sharing and communicating
their ideas, this is a great skill for life, the ability to be able to
communicate ideas and thoughts clearly to others in away that can be
understood.
Of course we want all students to be able to read and write but to
have the skills of sharing ones passion and vision are just as
important for success in life.