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21 post(s) in American School of Bombay Intersessions
Adding Animation to STEM gathers STEAM
While India has been extremely strong in pedagogical education, we have been by and large languishing in the Arts domain. Consider this - most inventions of the 20th century have taken place in the west where art, creativity and out of the box thinking is actively encouraged at a very young age.
Fortunately, with the introduction of IB curriculum in India, ...
Our long-standing relationships with Schools
We at Toon Club, have had long-lasting relationships with several schools. We often wonder why these bonds have been so strong. Perhaps the reason for this firm association has been our mutual appreciation for high standards and quality in art education, exchange of ideas and learnings, and a constant desire for growth in our own respective areas of work.
The schools ...
Bird Fly Animation 12:30 – 15:00 Grade:Grade 3 – Grade 5
Animation - a process of making the illusion of motion. Students at this weeks Bird Fly Animation session became familiar to the concept and history of animation. They learnt about frames and how they work to get an image moving. This was further illustrated with a concept called the ‘Persistence of Vision’. Many examples were shown to the students to ...
Art of Animation and Storytelling – Day 3
Art of Animation and Storytelling
storytelling workshop
The Art of Animation and Storytelling learnt over the past 2 days had some in-depth learning outcomes for these curious and motivated young learners. Over the 4th and 5th day the students worked on finishing the last few frames and adding final touches. The kids colored their characters and backgrounds.
The last session of ...
Animation Frames and Persistence of Vision
After an exciting introduction to “What is Animation? Frames Concept and Persistence of Vision”, students spent day 2 & 3 learning to create 2 frame walk-cycle animations on Flipbooks. They went on to learn Key Frames – In between and made progress to 16 and 8 frame walk-cycle animation.
Student were very excited when introduced to the Animation Light ...
Art of Animation and Storytelling – Day 1
Making something non-movable move,” replied one of the students, when asked what they think animation is. With this began the exploration of the art of animation and storytelling for the many students at Intersession.
The goal of the 5-days workshop is to develop young animators for chalkboard animation. At the end of the workshop, students will be done with two ...
Art of Animation and Storytelling (Autumn Workshop Day 3)
Art of animation and storytelling
Art of animation and storytelling
After an exciting introduction to chalkboard animation on Day 1 and 2, students started Day 3 by watching the first draft of two animation videos made by students. The workshop was beautifully differentiated so that each student could progress with his/her own pace, at the same time, remain engaged ...
Art of Animation and Storytelling: Chalkboard Animation
The chalkboard animation learnt over the past days had some in-depth learning outcomes for these curious and motivated young learners:
Gaining an understanding of the frame by frame animation process
Making things move in different ways through play and experimentation.
To use and put into practice some of the basic principles of animation.
To attempt some characterization ...
Art of Animation and Storytelling: Chalkboard Animation : Grade 2-5 (Day 3)
Today the kids were going to learn more about chalk board animation. The goal for today was to create an animation on the chalkboard and then transform it into a digital version.
The setup:
The classroom was set up with a camera and a chalkboard to capture and draw animations. Students had to draw the same theme and images from ...
Art of Animation and Storytelling (Autumn Workshop Day 1)
“Making something non-movable move,” replied one of the students, when asked what they think animation is. With this began the exploration of the art of animation and storytelling for middle school students at Intersession.
The 5-days workshop focuses on developing young animators for chalkboard animation. At the end of the workshop, students will be done with two individual animations and ...