Curriculum Outline

We’ve Got it Covered!

This curriculum covers the stop-motion animation production process from pre-production through post-production

UNIT ONE: WHAT IS ANIMATION?

  • Lesson 1: Making Pictures Move

 

UNIT TWO: STORY DEVELOPMENT

  • Lesson 2: Story Structure
  • Lesson 3: Storyboarding
  • Lesson 4: Scriptwriting
  • Lesson 5: Animatics

UNIT THREE: UNDERSTANDING PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY

Stop-Motion Animation Technology

  • Lesson 6: Stop-Motion Animation Technology
  • Lesson 7: Audio Recording & Editing

Producing Your Story

  • Lesson 8: Character & Prop Development
  • Lesson 9: Movement & Expression
  • Lesson 10: Image Recording & Editing
  • Lesson 11: Photo Composition & Camera Angles
  • Lesson 12: Production Techniques for Stop-Motion
  • Lesson 13: Importing Images & Video

UNIT FOUR: POST-PRODUCTION & PUBLISHING

Production Tools & Special Effects

  • Lesson 14: Project Editing
  • Lesson 15: Green Screen (Chroma Key) Technology
  • Lesson 16: Using the Design Tool
  • Lesson 17: Adding Titles & Credits

Project Publishing

  • Lesson 18: Rendering Video Files & Publishing Online
  • Lesson 19: File Storage Media
  • Lesson 20: Careers in Digital Media Production
  • Team Productions Showcase

The resources offered in this curriculum pagkage provide great flexibility.  You can select the resources and activities to match your teaching format and course length requirements.  The curriculum comes with a recommended sequence of 20, 50-minute class sessions, but you can easily shorten or extend the length of the curriculum as you need.