ANIMATION FOR EDUCATORS · Toon Boom Studio • Write a dialogue for the character to speak • Sync the dialogue to the character’s mouth • Add music, titles and transitions

ANIMATION FOR EDUCATORS

Professional Development Salary Point ClassPresented by Jonathan Mazur, [email protected]

PLANNING YOUR ANIMATION PROJECT

• Identifying Learning Goals

• Defining Assessment Criteria

• Establishing Benchmarks

and Performance Tasks

• Designing Instruction

HOW WILL YOU USE ANIMATION TO SUPPORT LEARNING YOUR

CONTENT AREA?

• Review standards in your content area

• Select standards aligned with learning goals

ACTIVITY 1

HOW WILL YOU USE ANIMATION TO SUPPORT

LEARNING YOUR CONTENT AREA?

• Use computers to research one or two standards for your content area and grade level that you would like to address in a classroom animation project

• Share your response with a partner

SELECT STANDARDSCOMMON CORE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS

SELECT STANDARDS

Creating, Performing, and Participating in the Visual Arts Students apply artistic processes and skills, using a variety of media to communicate meaning and intent in original works of art.

2.3 Develop and refine skill in the manipulation of digital imagery (either still or video).

VISUAL ARTS

2.0 Creative Expression

ALIGN STANDARDS AND ASSESSMENT

• How will you know if students have met learning goals?• How will you rate student progress?• Are criteria aligned with standards?

DESIGN SCORING RUBRIC

ANALYTIC ANIMATION PROJECT SCORING RUBRIC

FOCUS RATING:

4

3

2

1

0

FOCUS

· Submitted all materials

· Worked hard in and out of class

· All work completed on time

· Always contributed to discussions


· Met or exceeded all criteria


· Worked hard in and out of class

· Most work completed on time

· Frequently contributed to discussions

· Met all criteria

· Submitted most materials

· Sometimes worked hard in and out of class

· Most work completed on time

· Sometimes contributed to discussions

· One or two criteria missing

· Materials missing

· Did not work hard in and or of class

· Some work completed on time

· Rarely contributed to discussions

· Three or four criteria missing

· Most materials missing

· Did not work hard in or out of class

· Work incomplete

· Did not contribute to discussions

· Inappropriate solution

ELEMENTS/ PRINCIPLES/ EXPRESSIVE

· Project clearly exhibits superior understanding and application of elements, principles and expressive elements required to solve problem

· Project exhibits good understanding and application of elements, principles and expressive elements required to solve problem

· Project exhibits proficient understanding and application of elements, principles and expressive elements required to solve problem

· Project exhibits below-proficient understanding and application of elements, principles and expressive elements required to solve problem

· Project fails to exhibit understanding and application of elements, principles and expressive elements required to solve problem

CRAFTSMANSHIP/ TECHNIQUE

· Project exhibits great skill/mastery in manipulation of media and technique used to express creative idea

· Project exhibits good skill/mastery in manipulation of media and technique used to express creative idea

· Project exhibits proficiency in manipulation of media and technique used to express creative idea

Project exhibits some degree of skill in manipulation of media and technique used to express creative idea

Project exhibits little or no apparent skill in manipulation of media and technique used to express creative idea

CREATIVITY/ ELABORATION/

INDEPENDENCE/ INVENTIVENESS

· Superior degree of originality throughout

· Very creative solution

· Theme elaborated on to a high degree

· Ability to take initiative in assignment that augments what is learned

· Self-motivated

· Complex solution

· Good originality throughout

· Theme is present with some elaboration

· Ability work and think independently

· May have sought additional material to accomplish Demonstration idea

· Average degree of originality

· Theme is present with little elaboration

· Some initiative in working and independent thinking

· Lack of originality

· Theme is undeveloped

· Very little initiative

· Waits to be told what to do

· Unoriginal

· Theme is copied or traced

· No initiative

· Does not work independently

ESTABLISH PROJECT CRITERIA

• Define performance tasks• Create benchmarks

BENCHMARKS AND PERFORMANCE TASKS

• What will students do and produce to meet the learning goals?

CRITERIA CHART


• View sample animation• Work with a partner to identify the processes involved in

creating this sample

ACTIVITY 2


• Designing the character• Designing the background• Writing the dialogue• Recording the dialogue• Creating the lip sync• Exporting Movie as a Quicktime file• Importing to Premiere Pro• Editing• Adding titles and transitions• Adding music• Mixing the audio• Exporting to Quicktime• Copying to storage media


CULMINATING ACTIVITIES• Oral Presentation• Screening• Self-assessment and reflection

LIP SYNC ANIMATIONA CLASSROOM ANIMATION PROJECT

• Design an animation character and background in Toon Boom Studio

• Write a dialogue for the character to speak• Sync the dialogue to the character’s mouth• Add music, titles and transitions in Premiere Pro• Output the video as a Quicktime file

ACTIVITY 2WORKING IN TOON BOOM STUDIO

• Click on the Toon Boom Studio icon on the taskbar


• Name the file “Drawing Practice”• Select Create


• The Toon Boom Studio default workspace opens


• The Menu bar runs along the top of the workspace

• The Quick Access toolbar is under the Menu bar• It provides access to some commonly used

functions


• The Toolbar is positioned vertically along the left side of the workspace

• There are three groups of tools• Each group performs a specific set

of tasks• We will be working with the top

group of tools


• Click on the arrow next to the second tool, which lookslike a paintbrush• A window opens containing several drawing and shape tools


• Select the Rectangle tool


• The Rectangle icon appears on the tool bar, highlighted blue• The Rectangle tool is now active


• Place the cursor inside the box outlined in black and filled with a grid

• This area represents the frame• Only objects inside the frame are visible when the

animations plays• Click your left mouse button and drag diagonally to create

a rectangle


• Use the Select tool to edit the rectangle• Click on the arrow next to the top tool to open the window• Click on the first tool, the Select tool


• The rectangle must be selected in order for it to be edited• Position the cursor outside a corner of the rectangle• Click and drag outside the opposite corner• A BOUNDING BOX is placed in the rectangle


• An ANCHOR POINT is located on each corner and at the midpoint of each side of the rectangle

• Drag an anchor point to edit the width or length of the rectangle


• Press the Shift key and drag a corner anchor point to increase or decrease the scale of the rectangle while constraining its proportions


• Place the cursor on the outline of the rectangle• Click and drag to move the rectangle in the frame• Press CTRL + S to save the file


• The panels at the right side of the workspace control various functions

• The Pen tool controls the weight, or thickness, of lines


• Select the rectangle • Drag the Maximum Size slider to edit the line

weight of the rectangle


• The Colour Palette contains colors that can be applied to an object in Toon Boom

• Select the rectangle • Click on a color


• The Paint tool can fill an object with a color • Click on the third tool on the Toolbar• Select Paint from the window


• Select a color in the Colour Palette• Click inside the rectangle


• Select the rectangle


• Move the rectangle to top of frame• Reduce size of rectangle• Line up anchor points with center verticle grid line


• Draw a new rectangle centered below the first rectangle


• Select the Paint tool• Select a color• Fill the new rectangle


• Select a color in the Colour Palette• Click on the green plus sign• A new color appears at the bottom of the Colour Palette


• Double-click on the name of the color• Enter a new name


• Double-click on swatch next to name• Colour Picker window opens


• Select Gradient


• Click on first pointer under Gradient thumbnail


• Click in square to select color


• Click in square to select color• Click on second pointer• Click in square to select second color


• Click under thumbnail to add third pointer


• Click in square to select third color


• Drag pointers to adjust gradient• Click on X in upper right corner to close Colour Picker


• Select Paint tool• Click inside new rectangle to fill with gradient


• Open second tool• Select Ellipse tool


• Press and hold SHIFT key• Drag mouse diagonally to draw circle


• Select circle by clicking• Select color from Colour Palette to change color of circle


• Select a color in the Colour Palette• Click on the green plus sign to add a new color• Rename the new color• Double-click on color swatch


• Select Gradient• Select Radial• Click on first pointer• Select first color


• Click on second pointer• Select second color• Close Colour Picker


• Select Paint tool• Click inside circle to fill with gradient


• Select a new color• Select the ellipse tool• Press and hold the SHIFT key• Drag mouse diagonally to draw circle


• Use the Paint tool to fill in the circle


• Press and hold the SHIFT key and click on each circle


• Press CTRL + C to copy the circles• Press CTRL + V to paste the copy• Use the Select tool to move the circles


• Click on the green plus sign (+) in the Timeline• The New Elements Window opens


• Double – click on the name of the new element in the Timeline

• Rename the element “Background”


• Right – click on the name of the new element in the Timeline

• Select Arrange > Send Backward


• Select the Rectangle tool• Draw a rectangle outside the camera frame

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ANIMATION FOR EDUCATORS · Toon Boom Studio • Write a dialogue for the character to speak • Sync the dialogue to the character’s mouth • Add music, titles and transitions