Monsters in myths and film

Art and design

Design a monster

Plan a monster animation

Make a modelling clay monster

Make your monster move - stop motion animation

Edit and complete a stop motion animation

This design and make unit has links with the creative industries. Pupils will identify and study monsters in film and paintings, before realising their own imaginative concepts into models and animation.

Monsters: sculpture and digital design

a two-dimensional area with a defined boundary, like a circle, square, or triangle

to bring together different elements to form a whole

a small part of something that adds to its overall appearance

something that makes it special or different

a series of drawings or images that are shown quickly one after another to create the illusion of movement

a sequence of drawings that represent the shots planned for a movie or animation

a quick, simple drawing that does not have many details

the background or surrounding elements that add context to a sculpture

are ways to shape materials like clay, wood, or metal

a form of animation involving sequential photography of still objects

a sequence of drawings representing the shots planned for an animation or film

an electronic device such as a tablet, smartphone, or camera used for creating and editing animations

the process of selecting and combining shots into sequences to create a finished motion picture

saving the final version of the animation in a specific format

a single image in a sequence of images that make up an animation

when artists look at their art to see strengths and areas to improve

Monsters: sculpture and digital design

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