Edison Student Animators Gets its Start!
2 12 2007We’ve just had our first of two weekend workshops for students interested in stop motion animation with Legos and other stuff. I worked with 2 students (4th & 5th grade) who helped lead the workshop, and another 5th grader who signed on for tech support. With 14 other 4th and 5th graders as our students, we piled into school on a Saturday to build sets, set up cameras, and snap away as each group of kids patiently moved their Legos and clay one step at a time until their stories were complete. Next weekend, we’ll pop the photos into iPhoto albums and then into iMovie, adjust playback timing, add sound tracks and sound effects, titles and more.
Our goal is to create a DVD with all the movies that we can then copy and give as gifts to friends and family during the holiday season.
When I work with kids in this way, I am always so impressed by their enthusiasm, hard work and creativity, as well as their willingness to work with and help one another.
We have created a wiki for our program, which you can explore at:
That’s great — I like how you have students leading the way.
Here is a resource that I put together last summer for a claymation animation camp. Feel free to borrow or steal, if you need.
http://dogtrax.googlepages.com/animationcampoverview
Peace
Kevin
PS — Your wiki link isn’t right — so I had to cut and paste the address. Just fyi.
PSS — The wiki site is great!!!