Quarter 1 Class A & B Run Sequence Animation Shorts

Quarter 1 Final Run Sequence Cartoon

Students developed characters to animate running by brainstorming 20 occupations, 20 emotions and 20 hats.  Using a 20 sided dice, students rolled three times to determine the mannerisms and traits of their running characters.  To develop their backdrops, I ask them a series of questions about an envisioned, imagined or real environment. After they answered these 10 questions, students developed 10 of their own.  The answers to these they used as a key to what was occurring.  The animations were made primarily in photoshop and imovie by the teacher, although students experimented with clap motion, you user friendly animation device. 

Animation Run Sequences

20 Questions for animation environment

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Think of an environment.  It can be imagined or real, fantasy or reality.  Make sure it is a place that is important to you for one reason or another.

1.  What is the weather like in your environment?
2.  Where is it located on the globe?
3.  Who lives there?
4.  Are there animals in your environment?
5.  Is your environment natural (trees, water, grass, stone), man made (pavement, buildings, telephone polls) or a mixture of both?
6.  Does your environment have any local sports teams?
7.  What do people eat in your environment?
8.  What does it sound like in your environment?
9.  What does your environment smell like?
10.  If you were lying down in your environment, what would it feel like on your back?
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When finished, go through a 1st person perspective drawing with the teacher directly.  Using your answers as a guide, envision and attempt to draw your environment in full color.  The running sequence animations will run through our backgrounds.