Bored over your holiday break? The Director’s Cut challenges you and your friends to create your very own 2 minute stop motion animation movie!
WHAT YOU’LL NEED:
– Paper
– Scissors
– Markers/ Crayons/Pencil Crayons (but markers look best)
– Stickers, dried macaroni, or any other decorative craft stuff
– The clapper board! (Save it as an image, print it, and cut it out to use)
HOW TO MAKE YOUR MOVIE:
1. Storyboard
A storyboard is like a visual comic that tells your story, but without the speech bubbles. It will help you tell the story to others before filming, kind of like a guide.
2. Make your backgrounds
Refer to your storyboard and establish the settings that you’ll need to make. You can simply draw the background on paper, or glue real items to make it more detailed. For example, if your background has a tree, you could glue small pieces of real leaves to your background to make it look extra cool!
3. Make your characters
Draw your characters on paper and cut them out, or flip through magazines and use real-life pictures as characters!
4. Get filming!
You can use either a film camera or a regular camera to make your story. Use your clapper board to introduce the scenes so it’s easier for you to edit later. All you have to do is take a picture of the images as it’s moving, frame by frame, to create your story.
5. Edit your visuals
Upload your images to a computer and start cutting them together! It’s easy, most computers have very basic editing software, like iMovie for Macs and Windows Movie Maker on PC. If your home computer doesn’t have an editing system, you can find one at your school or library.
6. Add the sound
Watch the visuals and record your narration and dialogue to top off the story! Again, your home computer should have a built in mic that’s included with the software, but if not you can find an external mic or find one in a schools computer. You can also add in sound effects and music to bring the story to life.
You’re done!
Now that you’ve created your own amazing masterpiece, upload your movies to Youtube or Vimeo and send the link to themagazine.ca/contribute to get your film featured on themagazine.ca!
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