Movie Makers

Movie Makers uses a form of stop motion animation that uses clay characters and props. The program provides Club members with the opportunity to explore animation, sculpting, visual literacy, and multimedia concepts while working in small, collaborative teams of kids their own age led by a teacher who will guide their exploration and discovery.

Movie Makers aids in practical application of school-based lessons through integration classroom concepts:

Math: Comprehension of multiplication, division and fractions help children understand that 24 frames are combined to create one second of animation.
The Arts: Aesthetic principles of design, composition, contrast and visual symbols; Motor skills, hand-eye coordination and the ability to repeat a drawing are helpful in creating animation.
Reading and Writing: Principles of storytelling, story structure, characters and settings help children express themselves beyond the realm of experimentation.
Science: Scientific principles of visual perception, cameras and projection technology are extremely high-level and can only be brushed upon before intermediate grade levels of six and up.Physics: Physical laws and limitations of movement, velocity, gravity, transformation and metamorphosis are also complex ideas that come into play when children are having their second or third experience of creating animation. This is when they begin to apply the laws of the natural world to their animation.