Pixelh8 @ Springfield Juniors Animation Project Session 3
Todays session was about “cel-frame” animation, again we looked at some examples of contemporary cartoons they know and love and then took to making our own animation loops based on a stick man running.
As the group is quite young i.e. 7-year-olds I had to make up 12 Zoetropes in preparation for the lesson, this was no easy or quick feat by any stretch of the imagination. It was however quite simply worth it, for the looks on their faces when they got to see their characters come to life. They sketched out their charcaters, coloured them in, stuck them together to make the loops and they were great.
I even learned something today, I learned how to animate a cape flapping behind a running super-hero.
Next week we will be planning out our animation, we are planning to re-make “Little Red Riding Hood” with each group making a scene each, they will be divided into groups and given roles. We will storyboard it, build sets, animate, edit, narrate and score it all in 4 weeks (8 hours).
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