Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Stop Motion Using Apps

Subject Area

Arts Education

Grade(s)

4, 5

Overview

This article provides instructions on how to use the app iMotion by Fingerlab.  It is a free iOS app for time-lapse and stop-motion animation.  Students should consider creating a storyboard, set design, lighting, camera angles, using a tripod, and how many shots to take in sequence.  Additional apps are listed for both iPads and Android.   

    Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 4 - Media Arts

    AE17.MED.4.1

    Conceptualize original media arts products, utilizing a variety of creative methods.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:AE17.MED.4.1

    Vocabulary

    Conceptualize
    • imagine
    • visualize
    • unified ideas
    • theme
    • brainstorm
    Original
    • unique
    • synthesize
    • model
    Artistic Goals
    • intent
    • message
    • aesthetic
    Purpose
    • your "why"
    • intent
    Artistic Concepts
    • balance
    • contrast
    Elements of Design
    Principles of Media Arts
    Elements of Design
    Figurative Language
    • analogy

    Essential Questions

    EU: Media arts ideas, works, and processes are shaped by the imagination, creative processes, and by experiences, both within and outside of the arts.
    EQ: How do media artists generate ideas? How can ideas for media arts productions be formed and developed to be effective and original?

    Skills Examples

    • Brainstorm with a group and list many, varied, and unusual ideas for a class media arts project. Use a storyboard to capture and organize ideas.
    • In a group and after brainstorming choose one idea and create a plan and/or model for a media arts production that meet the group's artistic goals. Challenge the model by getting feedback from classmates and revise the storyboard.
    • After researching choose many and varied images and l for a media arts production that convey a chosen purpose. Images and sounds will use balance and contrast.
    • Refine a media arts project to address a chosen purpose, communicating through metaphor.

    Anchor Standards

    Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.
    Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 4 - Media Arts

    AE17.MED.4.3

    Arrange varied content and components to convey purpose and meaning in different media arts productions, applying associated artistic principles.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:AE17.MED.4.3

    Vocabulary

    Conceptualize
    • imagine
    • visualize
    • unified ideas
    • theme
    • brainstorm
    Original
    • unique
    • synthesize
    • model
    Artistic Goals
    • intent
    • message
    • aesthetic
    Purpose
    • your "why"
    • intent
    Artistic Concepts
    • balance
    • contrast
    Elements of Design
    Principles of Media Arts
    Elements of Design
    Figurative Language
    • analogy

    Essential Questions

    EU: The forming, integration, and refinement of aesthetic components, principles and processes creates purpose, meaning and artistic quality in media artwork.
    EQ: What is required to produce a media artwork that conveys purpose, meaning, and artistic quality? How do media artists improve/refine their work?

    Skills Examples

    • Brainstorm with a group and list many, varied, and unusual ideas for a class media arts project. Use a storyboard to capture and organize ideas.
    • In a group and after brainstorming choose one idea and create a plan and/or model for a media arts production that meet the group's artistic goals. Challenge the model by getting feedback from classmates and revise the storyboard.
    • After researching choose many and varied images and l for a media arts production that convey a chosen purpose. Images and sounds will use balance and contrast.
    • Refine a media arts project to address a chosen purpose, communicating through metaphor.

    Anchor Standards

    Anchor Standard 3: Refine and complete artistic work.
    Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 5 - Media Arts

    AE17.MED.5.1

    Present original ideas and innovations for media arts products, utilizing personal experiences and/or the work of others.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:AE17.MED.5.1

    Vocabulary

    Original
    • Synthesize
    • Innovation
    Proposal
    • Concept
    • Action Plan
    • Materials List
    • Roles/ Team Needed
    Design
    Purpose
    • Persuade
    • Discredit
    Meaning
    • Subtext
    • Connotation vs. Denotation
    Principles
    • Emphasis
    • Exaggeration

    Essential Questions

    EU: Media arts ideas, works, and processes are shaped by the imagination, creative processes, and by experiences, both within and outside of the arts.
    EQ: How do media artists generate ideas? How can ideas for media arts productions be formed and developed to be effective and original?

    Skills Examples

    • Brainstorm with a group and list many, varied, and unusual ideas for a class media arts project. Use a storyboard to capture and organize ideas to advertise a product in a new way with a new message.
    • In a group and after brainstorming choose one idea and create a plan and/or model for a media arts production that meets the group's artistic goals based on the elements of design. Challenge the model by getting feedback from classmates and revise the storyboard to better communicate to the audience.
    • After researching choose many and varied images for a media arts production that convey a chosen purpose. Images and sounds will use emphasis and exaggeration.
    • Refine a media arts project from feedback to get a specific audience reaction, communicating through metaphor and symbolism.

    Anchor Standards

    Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.
    Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 5 - Media Arts

    AE17.MED.5.3

    Design and combine components to express purpose and meaning in a variety of media arts productions, utilizing sets of associated principles.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:AE17.MED.5.3

    Vocabulary

    Original
    • Synthesize
    • Innovation
    Proposal
    • Concept
    • Action Plan
    • Materials List
    • Roles/ Team Needed
    Design
    Purpose
    • Persuade
    • Discredit
    Meaning
    • Subtext
    • Connotation vs. Denotation
    Principles
    • Emphasis
    • Exaggeration

    Essential Questions

    EU: The forming, integration, and refinement of aesthetic components, principles and processes creates purpose, meaning and artistic quality in media artwork.
    EQ: What is required to produce a media artwork that conveys purpose, meaning, and artistic quality? How do media artists improve/refine their work?

    Skills Examples

    • Brainstorm with a group and list many, varied, and unusual ideas for a class media arts project. Use a storyboard to capture and organize ideas to advertise a product in a new way with a new message.
    • In a group and after brainstorming choose one idea and create a plan and/or model for a media arts production that meets the group's artistic goals based on the elements of design. Challenge the model by getting feedback from classmates and revise the storyboard to better communicate to the audience.
    • After researching choose many and varied images for a media arts production that convey a chosen purpose. Images and sounds will use emphasis and exaggeration.
    • Refine a media arts project from feedback to get a specific audience reaction, communicating through metaphor and symbolism.

    Anchor Standards

    Anchor Standard 3: Refine and complete artistic work.
    Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 5 - Media Arts

    AE17.MED.5.5

    Create media artworks through the integration of multiple contents and forms.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:AE17.MED.5.5

    Vocabulary

    Integration
    Artistic Skills
    Design Skills
    Technical Skills
    Career Skills
    Formal vs. Informal Techniques
    Fundamental
    Conventions
    Purpose

    Essential Questions

    EU: Media artists integrate various forms and contents to develop complex, unified artworks.
    EQ: How are complex media arts experiences constructed?

    Skills Examples

    • Choose and share a media arts product that shows a complex variety of academics, arts and media forms.
    • In a creative team with assigned roles, use creative thinking to choose a topic for a media arts project that combines two art forms and has been revised at least twice. The project will reflect an original story with a clear persuasive purpose, message, and meaning using metaphor.
    • Create a media arts product that addresses a specific problem in the community and revise the product at least twice, using media arts conventions in an advanced way.
    • In a creative team with assigned roles, explore the tools available in the classroom in both a standard and novel way and suggest novel ways for using what is available in a media arts product.
    • After listing qualities and purposes for a presentation, choose a media arts presentation to share with a younger group of students about a topic being studied science.
    • After sharing a media arts product with a younger group of students about a topic being studied science, debrief with the class about the results and improvements that could be made for the presentation.

    Anchor Standards

    Anchor Standard 4: Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.
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    British Columbia Art Teachers' Association
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