Intro to Film and Photography with Mrs. Schneid: Claymation

GRADES!!!!!!!!!!!!TURN YOUR ASSIGNMENTS IN!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today we begin to create our first Film-A CLAYMATION!

Where do we start-Storyboards! So now we need to create the actual story. This assignment will have no topic or theme. I want to see just how creative you can be at this point.

1. STORYBOARD: Write a GOOD Storyboard!

What is a STORYBOARD?

     A storyboard is a sequence of images and words drawn together on a page to form a plausible narrative.
     Storyboards are routinely used in the movie making business to 'preview' a movie before a single shot is taken. Not only does a storyboard allow for a dress rehearsal of the final product but by the very fact of being posted on the wall,it elicits early feedback and encourages quick, painless editing, leading to significant savings in time and resources.
     Disney was a storyboarding freak!
     A storyboard is an apt metaphor for how we make sense of our own life history.      Storyboarding can be used to sense emergent patterns in our own life story and to envision the life experiences that we wish to welcome into our future.
     Try storyboarding the past and future events in your Life!

Disney
Storyboard Inventor: Walter Elias Disney

Here is what you should have in your Storyboard:

10 Scenes
Picture of what is happening in each scene
Background
Characters and what they will be doing
Explanation of anything that you can't show in the picture
I should be able to see a clear story line with a beginning, middle and end. There should be a point to what you are trying to tell in the end.

Here is how Storyboards are used with Disney and other large films:

2. SWAP: You must explain and show your Storyboard to one other person in class before you can come to me and get it approved. When you are listening to other peoples Storyboards you must give them one suggestion of change or addition to help their story.

3. CLAY: Begin making your characters and images out of clay. (I'm willing to look at other materials for you characters besides clay, but you must get it approved by me first)

4. BACKGROUND: Decide how you are going create your background (options: draw it, paint it, print a picture for it)

5. PHOTOS: Take your photos of your story with your claymation and background completed.