A Recipe for Stop Motion

Lesson Plan

Description

Students will identify a recipe to animate as a class. They will be assigned a portion of the recipe to create a stop motion video, and then the animations will be edited together to showcase the full recipe.

Level

Advanced

Areas of Study

Digital Mixed Media Technology STEAM Science Media Arts

Collections

The Art of Stop-Motion Animation

Lesson Objectives

Students will work collaboratively to choose a recipe and divide it into steps for creation.

Students will work individually or collaboratively, illustrating one step of the recipe in a stop motion animation.

Students will set up materials to record a stop motion animation.

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Teaching Strategies

Guide the class as a recipe is chosen and divided into steps.
Demonstrate how to set up and use devices and applications in a stop motion animation.
Discuss best practices of communication with peers while creating a stop motion animation.
Show methods of observation, research, and experimentation to create effects in a stop motion video.

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National Standards

Create

Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices, following or breaking established conventions, to plan the making of multiple works of art and design based on a theme, idea, or concept.

VA:Cr1.2.IIIa

Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.

VA:Cr1.2.Ia

Adv.VA:Cr1.2

Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.

Prof.VA:Cr1.2

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Time Requirements

Teacher Prep Time

40 minutes

Demonstration Time

40 minutes

Student Studio Time

3 hours and 50 minutes

Supplies and Materials

Digital application (e.g., Stop Motion Studio)
Digital recording device (tablet, iPad, cell phone, camera)
Device mount
Mixed media
Tape
Scissors
Optional: remote or headphones

National Standards

Create

VA:Cr1.2.IIIa

Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.

VA:Cr1.2.Ia

Adv.VA:Cr1.2

Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.

Prof.VA:Cr1.2

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Steps

Choose & Break Down a Recipe

Choose a recipe to animate as a group or individually. Break down and document the steps to create the recipe. Assign one step to each group or individual.

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