Btec ANIMATION UNIT – Phase TWO (10.1.1)
(10.1.2) (10.1.11)
AIM – to complete in FOUR lessons maximum – two weeks
TASKS:
1. Using
the sheet ‘How to make a Spinning Card (THAUMATROPE)’ – Make a spinning image using card and string (10.1.1)
2. Using
the sheet – Make a SPINDLE VIEWER STRIP - draw your own pictures for a Spindle Viewer
(PHENAKISTOSCOPE)
3. Who
invented the spindle viewer and when? (PHENAKISTOSCOPE) (10.1.2)
4. Who
invented the Zoetrope and when?
5. Draw a sketch of a ZOETROPE (you can
use Google image search to help you!)
6. What
did the Zoetrope do? How did it work?
7. Using
the sheet –‘Zoetrope Strip Example’ - Draw your own pictures for a Zoetrope
8. Who
created the KINEMATOSCOPE and when?
9. Draw a sketch of a Kinematoscope –
again use Google images
10. What is a PRAXINOSCOPE?
11. Draw
a brief sketch of a Praxinoscope and show who invented it and when.
12. What was the difference between the following:
a.
A Praxinoscope and a Zoetrope?
b.
The ‘Theatre Optique’ and Praxinoscope
13. What is a KINETISCOPE? What year was it
invented and who by? How is this a development of the inventions in questions 8
à
13?
14. How do all
these animations work? In your answer, make sure you explain what PERSISTENCE OF VISION is, including who
‘discovered’ this and how it makes animation work. This is a VERY IMPORTANT
question to answer well.
15. Finally,
using YOUTUBE, find and watch as
many old fashioned animations that use these techniques – you should be able to
just put the names of the techniques straight into YOUTUBE and videos will
appear. Of those you watch, CHOOSE 3 you like and explain them roughly – for
example ‘I especially liked the Praxinoscope video where a horse runs across a
field. In it……’
16. Complete ONE evaluation sheet for
activity numbers 1, 2 and 7 above – keep as a copy and post on your blog
17. Scan and upload the pictures and
drawings from the above questions (2, 5, 7, 9, 11) to your blog (or photograph
on your phone and upload)
18. Watch ‘Disneyland – the story of
animated drawing part 2’ on TEACHING RESOURCES (CGSTORE3) in Media
19. Complete the sheets on the following
KEY ANIMATORS (10.1.11) (Blackton and
McCay)– again – keep copies and post on your blog and KEEP A RECORD of ALL the sites you
visit during your research – remember to SHOW your SOURCES – e.g. ‘From
Wikipedia – followed by page ref (copy from address bar) and date accessed
a.
Look them
up on WIKIPEDIA and find out a bit about them, including making a note of
some of the films they’ve made – keep a record of pages visited as this is
research (and date accessed).
b.
On YOUTUBE, watch
as many examples as you can of their work – see Mrs Thrasher’s Animation
playlist on the channel ‘Mediamonkeymovies2’
c.
Complete
an ‘ANIMATION HISTORY – KEY ANIMATORS INVENTIONS’ sheet for EACH ANIMATOR you
investigate – 1 for Blackton, 1 for McCay
d.
Include a FILM RESPONSE sheet to record your
thoughts on their ‘films’ and how and why they were important to animation
history and development.
Key Animators for Stage One:
James Stuart BLACKTON
WINSOR McCAY
Make sure you watch the following:
When you have finished looking into those first animators
and early techniques, you need to show that you know what happened next – move
on to Phase 3.
