|
|
|
|
Teacher Education Models*Showcase Models H.E.L.P.Language Arts Video Case Studies
|
Clay Animation
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
The Making of...
The Making of Clay Characters by Braden We used three pipe cleaners to make the body for each of our characters. Then we used one Styrofoam ball for the head. We had to wrap the pipe cleaners with aluminum foil so that the clay would stick. Then we rolled the clay out very thin so that it would look like the skin and the clothes. We pinched some of the clay off of the head so that we could make it into a nose and a chin. We got to use brighter colors for the clothes. We had to use a lot of clay and magnets for the feet so the characters would stand up. We used wiggly eyes to finish off the faces. We were finally ready to start filming!
The Making of the Scene by Sarah We made the background a dark blue to show that there was a thunderstorm. We showed the cotton fields that had not yet been picked. We needed it to look like a storm was quickly approaching and would soon be here. When the rain started pouring down it was hard to see the drops, but we still wanted everyone to know that there was a storm.
Animation by Shakeil Filming is the best part of the whole clay animation process. We got to move the clay figures to show how they would be moving in the movie. It is the easiest part because all you have to do is click the mouse after you have moved the figures, but it does take a lot of patience and cooperation to move the characters so that they do not get damaged. We also wanted to make sure that we moved them just a tiny bit each time so that it would not look like they were jumping all over the place.
Brainstorming and Ideas by Austin We had to read the book Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry again to make sure that they we would be able to summarize our chapters well. We drew several pictures to show what we wanted to do for the different scenes.
|
