St. Elizabeth Stop Motion Animation Camp

Thanks to Jack McGovern, St. Elizabeth 8th grade student, for his development and leadership to bring life to this camp. It's always a great thing when students can teach other students!

Thanks to Mr. Ron Green from DigiSTORY KC for volunteering his time to be with STE students and offer his perspective and expertise.
 
Here is the link to Mr. Ron Green's DigiSTORYKC company. He hosts workshops and conferences for students and educators.

Stop Motion Animation for Students in Grades 4-8

17 STE students in grades 4-8 experienced the real-life struggle of a professional animator and were engaged in problem solving toward solutions during a 4-day stop motion animation camp in the STE STEAM Lab!

Daily challenges were designed to use any and all pieces to create a "story" then animate it.
Students developed their storyboards and scripts, put the figures into action, and then added sound effects to their final videos. Many were quite elaborate and the sound effects were super fun!
 
They learned how to create more fluid transitions and to slow down or speed up the frames to create a natural movement effect.
 
We looked at some awesome examples to get the idea and expectations. And, we learned about hte different professional opportunities in the animation world, as well as some "animation" vocabulary.
 
Storyboarding is critical and this is a difficult concept. Students continued to complete the storyboard development and frame drawings with what happens at each "frame."
 
By all accounts the camp was an enjoyable learning experience for St. Elizabeth students. They impressed all of us by how quickly they all picked up the skills of the application. These skills learned will be valuable as they use the tools and resources in their school work, or just for fun!
 
There are other resources for stop action videos; this is the one used during camp.
Stop Motion Studio Pro