Stop-frame animation example

British English CC

Capturing frames for animation

Creating animations using frames

Computing

Introduction to animation

Using storyboards to plan an animation

Consistency in frames

Reviewing an animation

Adding media to an animation

In this unit pupils will explore a range of techniques to create a stop-frame animation. They will have the opportunity to apply their skills by creating a story-based animation. Pupils will extend their animations by adding other types of media to their animation, such as music and text.

Stop-frame animation

What do you call a single picture in an animation?

What is the name for an animation made by taking one picture at a time?

Which tool can show you where your last drawing was when you are making an animation?

How can you predict what an animation will look like?

Put these steps in order for making a stop-frame animation:

What is the best way to make movement look smooth in a stop-frame animation?

Which of these is likely to show movement?

draw each next picture with a small change

Put these in order for making a flipbook:

What do you call the order that pictures are shown in to tell a story?

What is the main purpose of having different pictures on each page of a flipbook?

Creating animations using frames

Lesson outcome