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Claymation Claymation Claymation Claymation
by Cindy Perdue
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Step 1: The Big IdeaDecide on an ecological concept that you
would like to animate. Some ideas are: • Succession• Biological Magnification• Food Chains and Food Webs• Pollution• Global Warming• Recycling• Deforestation• Introduced Species
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Step 2: Task Assignment
Decide which team members will do which parts of the assignment.
• Information about the topic• Storyboard• Clay characters• Background• Photography• Animation• PowerPoint Production
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Step 3: The Storyboard• Create a visual
outline of both the PowerPoint slides and the Animation Story.
• You can use the template provided by your teacher, index cards, or even sticky notes.
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Step 4: Build the Clay Characters
The most time-consuming part of the animation is building the characters.
• Keep characters under 6 inches tall. • Create your characters on a mat or
paper towel, not newspaper. The ink can come off on your clay.
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Make a light-weight armature skeleton with styrofoam, pipe cleaners, or foil.
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Cover the armature with a thin layer of clay and other materials.
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Step 5: Create Backgrounds
• Create a background using calendar pictures, drawings, props or shoe-box dioramas.
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Step 6: Take Pictures• Use a tripod or a table to hold the camera
steady.• Set the camera image size to 640 x 480.• Zoom in to the view you would like for the
animation.• Take one picture of the first scene. Be sure that the image records!
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• Move the characters slightly and take another picture. You should plan on 2 to 5 frames per second of finished video.
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Continue until the entire scene has been photographed. Plan for
10 to 20 photos.
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Step 7: Put Animation Together
• Your teacher will help you import the images into VideoBlender and create the video. Be sure to save often.
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• If you wish to add sound to your video, you need to have the information in your storyboard.
• Save your work, then export the animation as an AVI File Type to create the finished movie.
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Step 8: Create the PowerPoint
• Create your PowerPoint that explains the topic you are presenting.
• The animation will be presented on one slide of your PowerPoint.
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• Import the video to your PowerPoint by selecting Insert Movie and Sound.
• When resizing your video, only resize from the corner to keep ratios the same.
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The End
Now go get started!