STORY BOARD
1.Create a simple
storyboard of eight to ten pictures that will be the main
story of your claymation.
2.Keep the story board simple using stick “people”.
3.The storyboard should also have the parts of the
background that will be in motion, i.e. clouds.
BACKGROUND
1.Choose a
background that will be used throughout the entire story.
2.Create a background for the claymation set using
matboard and tempera paint.
***DEMO on
painting procedures.
PROPS
1.Collect and
bring in props to be used on the set. Look at Chicken
Run, Hatching of the Movie for ideas of using
commonplace objects.
2.Make additional props to be used on the set.
CHARACTERS
1.For the
claymation, characters will be made out of plasticine.
A wire armature will be made as a moveable
skeleton.
***DEMO on
armature making.
2.Colored
plasticine is wrapped and molded around the wire armature
to create the character.
***DEMO on
character building with plasticine.
Character
Requirements:
*Fits the theme
*Characters are 3 to 4 inches tall or long
*Expressive facial features
*3 to 4 colors of plasticine are used
*Character is easily movable
*Character stays together throughout the unit
*Produce at least 2 characters
SET
CONSTRUCTION
1.Set up the
painting background
2.Attach any movable part(s) to the background ie, clouds,
birds.
3.Arrange the props for filming
4.Place the characters in their beginning pose.
[CLAYMATION
LESSON] [MIDDLE SCHOOL
LESSONS]
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