Using Photoshop to Create Stop-Motion Gifs Digital Media and Design 1 Mixed grade levels Students used Adobe Photoshop to create stop-motion animations. They used the .gif file format, which is a moving image file, to save and display their work. The students animated in a variety of styles of their choice, including frame by frame puppet manipulation, hand drawn images, digitally drawn images, photo manipulation, building virtual sets and characters in gaming platforms, and so on. I. Topic: Stop-Motion Animation
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III. Standards of Education Related Virginia Visual Arts Standards of Learning
III. Student Group Targeted
IV. Prerequisite skills/knowledge
V. Time Required 4 weeks Lesson 1: Photoshop refresh + Lesson 2: Practice Gifs 2 class periods Lesson 3: Animation gif - 6 class periods Lesson 4: Midpoint crit ½ class period Lesson 5: Final crit 1 class period VI. Materials and Resources
PRE-ASSESSMENT (hand out before starting the unit and alter plans to accommodate prior student knowledge) Digital Media and Design 1 Have you ever created a gif before? yes no what’s this? If yes, what program or app did you use to do it? ________________________ Have you ever animated before? yes no what’s this? If yes, what kind of animation did you do? ____________________________ How comfortable are you with photoshop? beginner okay pro Name a stop-motion artist, movie or show. ______________________________ What do you plan to do after graduating high school? ____________________________ LESSON 1: PHOTOSHOP REFRESH V. Time Required
Key Terms and Vocab
Isolating image 0 No image submitted 1 Image has not been isolated from the background 2 Image has been partially isolated from the background 3 All of the background has been deleted to leave one part of the image.(With more difficult images, less needs to be deleted for full credit) Transforming 0 Photo has not been transformed 1 Image shows evidence of being resized, rotated, skewed or otherwise transformed Other edits 0 Image has not been edited in other ways. 1 Photo shows evidence of at least one other edit, such as color change, collaging multiple images, cropping, etc. 2 Photo shows evidence of multiple other edits, such as color change, collaging multiple images, cropping, etc. LESSON 2: PRACTICE GIFS VI. Materials and Resources
Key terms/vocabulary to be introduced
VIII. Evaluation Strategies Practice gif 1 0 Gif does not exist or is not turned in 1 Gif is saved incorrectly, uses 3 or fewer images, does not repeat 2 Gif is saved in the wrong format, uses at least 4 images, may play through only once instead of looping 3 Gif is saved as a gif, uses at least 5 images, plays on a repeated loop Practice gif 2 0 Gif does not exist or is not turned in 1 Gif is saved in the wrong format, does not grow and shrink in logical order, uses 5 or fewer frames 2 Gif is saved in the wrong format, grows and loops before shrinking or does not loop, or uses less than 8 frames 3 Gif is saved in the correct format, plays on a loop, grows and shrinks, has at least 8 frames IX. Suggested Supplemental Activities
LESSON 3: STOP MOTION ANIMATION THROUGH GIFS V. Time Required
Key Terms/Vocab
Practice Gifs Animation is planned out 0 No sketch was turned in 1 Sketch shows 1-2 frames but does not tell of how the animation will progress 2 Sketch shows a few frames and gives an idea of how the animation with progress 3 Sketch shows multiple frames and explains the general plan for progressing through the animation Idea is original 0 No sketch turned in 1 Idea is directly copied from another artist 2 Idea is taken from another artist and altered slightly 3 Idea is original and unique to the artist, or references other work while taking a new approach to it Animation Creativity 0 No animation is turned in, or idea is plagiarized 1 Work is derivative and uses very basic techniques and/or materials 2 Work is derivative but made unique by the and utilizes some unique techniques and/or materials 3 Work is original and utilizes unique techniques and/or materials Effort / complexity 0 No animation is turned in 1 Work is very basic and uses simple techniques without embellishment or added effort 2 Work utilizes 1+ advanced techniques (within the media chosen by the artist). Each frame is given care and attention 3 Work is complex, and utilizes advanced techniques (within the media chosen by the artist). Each frame is given care and attention 25+ frames 0 Less than 5 frames 1 5+ frames 2 15+ frames 3 25+ frames Material use / craftsmanship 0 No gif submitted 1 Frames are messy and haphazard with little care and attention paid to detail 2 Frames are somewhat neat and some attention is given to detail and craftsmanship 3 Frames are neatly created with attention to detail and craftsmanship Correct file format 0 File is saved as something other than .gif and cannot be played in a web browser ____ ____ 3 File is saved as .gif and can be played in a web browser IX Supplemental Activities
LESSON 4: MID-POINT CRITIQUE V. Time Required
Key Terms / Vocab
VIII. Assessment Participation 0 Student did not participate 1 Student critiqued 1-2 gifs and left minimal comments 2 Student critiqued as least 3 gifs but left minimal comments 3 Student critiqued 3 or more gifs and left constructive feedback IX. Supplemental Activities
LESSON 5: FINAL CRITIQUE V. Time Required
Key Terms / Vocab
VIII. Assessment Submission of gif for critique 0 Student did not submit work for the class to view and critique 1 Student submitted incomplete work 2 Student submitted work in the wrong file format so it could not be played 3 Student submitted gif to be viewed and critiqued Participation in critique 0 Student is quiet and visibly not engaged: often looking at a phone or working on other work 1 Student is occasionally engaged, offering a comment or two but mostly not paying attention 2 Student is quiet but visibly engaged. Alternatively, student is overly engaged and dominating the conversation 3 Student is visibly engaged and involved in the conversation, offering constructive criticism and also listening to others Written reflection 0 Student did not submit work 1 Student does not answer all questions or answers with short phrases or single words 2 Student answers each question but in little detail. 3 Student answers each question thoroughly, in 1-2 sentences IX. Supplemental Activities LESSON 6: ANIMATED MOVIE VIEWING AND CRITIQUE V. Time Required
Key Terms / Vocab
Written reflection 0 Student did not submit work 1 Student does not answer all questions or answers with short phrases or single words 2 Student answers each question but in little detail. 3 Student answers each question thoroughly, in 1-2 sentences IX. Supplemental Activities
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