Stop Motion Kennolyn

Kennolyn's Cartooning class includes a discussion about animation along with a couple of relevant drawing activities. In Session five we took the concept a little further and discussed stop-motion animation. Stop-motion animation is a series of still photographs played together to create the illusion of movement.

Objects are moved a little bit between each photograph, and when the photos are played together the objects appear to move on their own. Examples of stop-motion animation include Gumby, Wallace and Gromit, and Nightmare Before Christmas.

The students of Session 5 Cartooning became the "objects" to be animated, and we first had them slide back and forth on their benches, taking a new picture after each small movement:

The students then executed a series of jumps in a large circle, pausing between each jump for a new picture to be taken. Played all together, it looks like they are flying!

During our class, a group of campers were playing with stacking cups. They built a large pyramid, and we asked if they would let us click a picture after each level was taken down. Here's what it looks like when the pictures are played together:

That's all, folks!