Week 38 - Stop-motion Animation by Eva Pérez

Eva Pérez Abril

STOP-MOTION ANIMATION

 

This week we have been working on the technique called "Stop-motion", which consists of making static objects appear to move by means of a series of successive still images. The movement is constructed by manipulating an object, with one's own hands, frame by frame.

 

On Thursday I had to create an animation with two pictures using bold black pens and two sheets of paper and doing two drawings with a small difference. Causing an action was important. I decided to do a Mickey Mouse running. Here is the result: 

Animation with two pictures

On Wednesday we did in groups an altercation (altercation of two everyday objects), an origami (an origami boat), a snowman (snowman turning back) and a superhero congratulation card. 

Altercation

We use a cup of coffee and some food for doing the animation. We also put some music to emphasise the situation. 

Origami

We decided to make an origami boat. The main challenge here was trying to make each step clear.

Snowman

We drew a snowman step by step and then we turn out the paper to draw the back side. It was a bit difficult. 

Superhero

We cut out paper pieces of letters and a superhero and then, we created a digital gratulation card. 

I think that receiving this kind of lessons during our training in this course is very useful because we can do it inside our future classrooms with our students. 

 

According to the article Stop-motion to Foster Digital Literacy in Elementary School, I would like to highlight a few comments made about this technique.

 

-   "It is necessary to implement digital media literacy in primary and secondary education because the goals of media education coincide with the most important goals of traditional education".

 

-    When making stop-motion videos, students can take pictures one by one, and are allowed to stop, discuss, and think about their information (Fleer & Hoban, 2012; Lee, 2015).

 

-   Analysis of the stop-motion films the students have created also shows that they have improved their media skills in representing their ideas and communicating with others.

 

-    Stop-motion videos can be made in many subject areas such as science, geography, and geometry (Hoban & Nielsen, 2014).

 

Here is the link to this interesting article about using the technique of stop-motion in Primary Education: https://www.torrossa.com/en/resources/an/4131120#