The Teachers' Animation Toolkit

Introduction
What is the Teachers' Animation Toolkit? Research Techniques
Why Use Animation in the Classroom?
Using the Toolkit
Part One: Getting Started
1.1 Animation History
Worksheet: Sketching a History of Animation
1.2 Beginners' Exercises
Handout: The Easiest Animation
Handout: Create a Flip Book
Worksheet: Make a Spinning Card (Thaumatrope)
Handout: How to Make a Spinning Card (Thaumatrope)
Worksheet: Make a Spindle Viewer (Phenakistoscope)
Handout: How to Make a Spindle Viewer (Phenakistoscope) Worksheet: Making an Animation Wheel (Zoetrope)
Worksheet: Breathe Life into Teddy
Worksheet: Twist'em, Bend'em, Squash'em
Worksheet: Expressive Lines and Characters
Worksheet: Getting the Basics of Movement
Part Two: Cineliteracy
2.1 The Language of Film and Animation
Worksheet: The Grammar of Film Language
Worksheet: Deconstructing a Media Text
Worksheet: Freeze Frame
Worksheet: Studying a Title Sequence
Worksheet: Who Makes Animations?
Worksheet: Pitching an Idea
Handout: Writing a Treatment
2.2 Exploring Genre
Worksheet: Exploring Genre
Handout: Genres
Worksheet: Genre Translation
Worksheet: Genre and Character Design
2.3 Music and Animation
Worksheet: Music and Imagery in Peter and the Wolf
Worksheet: Understanding Leitmotiv in Peter and the Wolf
Worksheet: Compose a 15-second Leitmotiv
2.4 Storytelling Worksheet: Story Writing
Worksheet: Analysing Story Structure
Worksheet: Storytelling with a Video Camera
Worksheet: Script Writing for Animation
Handout: The Headless Smuggler Script Example
Worksheet: Storyboarding
Worksheet: Storyboarding and Animated Haiku
Part Three: Animation Styles
3.1 Pixilation
Worksheet: Animated Portraits
Worksheet: Animation in the Landscape
Worksheet: Talking Objects
3.2 Plasticine Model Animation
Worksheet: Metamorphosis
Worksheet: Two Characters
3.3 Cut Out Animation
Worksheet: Cut-Out Figures
3.4 Shadow Puppetry
Worksheet: Shadow Puppet Animation
3.5 Drawn Animation
Worksheet: Simple Movement Cycles
Worksheet: Drawing Key Frames and Inbetweens
Worksheet: Lip Sync
Worksheet: Digital Drawn Animation
3.6 Machinima
Worksheet: Making Machinima in Second Life
Worksheet: Using Crazy Talk Worksheet: Using Moviestorm for Machinima
Part Four: Schemes of Work
4.1 Tell Me a Story
4.2. TV Adverts
4.3: Music Videos
Part Five: Resources
5.1 Animation Equipment
Setting Up an Animation Rostrum
5.2 Recording and Editing Sound
Equipment Options
PC-Based Audio Editing with Audacity
5.3 Stop-Motion Animation Software
Dragon Stop Motion
Using Dragon Stop Motion in the Classroom
Other PC-Based Solutions
Other Mac-Based Solutions
5.4 Video and Animation Editing
Editing Software: PC Solutions
Editing Software: Mac Solutions
Editing with Windows Movie Maker
5.5 Producing Your Own Animated Film
Planning a Project
The Stages of Pre-Production Production
Post-Production
Marketing and Distribution
Funding a Project
5.6 Reference
Books on Animation
Recommended Animators
Templates
Glossary of Terms