5th Grade

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Week # & Newsletter Artists Themes Mediums & Plan Vocab
Week 1 9/6-
Newsletter
Starter Question: Why is this Art/Why is this Good?, Hopes & Dreams in Art, Art Room Rules, Discovering the Studio Space
Week 2
Newsletter

 

We the People: People & Their Stories

  1. Show & Share Moods & Feelings
  2. Show Our Movements & Actions
  3. Artwork to Record Events in Our Lives

Stop Motion Animation Overview

Gather Teams & Begin Planning 1st Project

digital animation, fps (frames per second), timeline, character, set, frame
Week 3
Newsletter

Edweard Muybridge

History of Animation

Digital Cameras, Medium Overviews, Sketching out Plans

Week 4 & 5
Newsletter

Square 1 Arts Begins. Theme: Transportation & Flowers. Students have a choice between the two...and are being very creative about it!

Week 6, 7, 8

Wallace & Grommet

Short Love Story in Stop Motion

2010 5th Grade Projects

Dorthea Lang

We the People: People & Their Stories

  1. Show & Share Moods & Feelings
  2. Show Our Movements & Actions
  3. Artwork to Record Events in Our Lives

Set Building, Character Development, Photographing

viewing, critique, modify, clearing out storage bins, promo materials

digital animation, fps (frames per second), timeline, character, set, frame, photo journalism, photography
Week 9 & 10
Newsletter
 

We the People: People & Their Stories

  1. Show & Share Moods & Feelings
  2. Show Our Movements & Actions
  3. Artwork to Record Events in Our Lives
Computer generated movies, learning how to use windows movie maker, using photographs fps (frames per second), timeline
Week 11   Holiday Gift Showing Clay Skills Clay, Choice Scrafito, Mishima, Transfer, slip, score, seal, texture, glaze, kiln
Week 12
  Holiday Gift Showing Clay Skills glaze Scrafito, Mishima, Transfer, slip, score, seal, texture, glaze, kiln
Week 13-17

Rube Goldberg

Leonardo Da Vinci

Simple Machines, Energy Transfer, Rube Goldberg Rube Goldberg Movie showing the following: All 6 simple machine, 5 energy transfers, labels, using claymation  
Week 18-22

Mary Ellen Mark

Werner Bischof

Steve McCurry – Famous National Geographic Photographer

Disney Hx of Animation

Our Artistic Heritage: Art Forms & Media

  1. Show the Object We Live With - still life
  2. Honor & Interpret Cultural Traditions
  3. Show the basic need for shelter - styles of architecture, built to last, "green" architecture

Set Building, Character Development, Photographing

viewing, critique, modify

storyboarding

digital animation, fps (frames per second), timeline, character, set, frame, photo journalism, photography
Week 23-27

Grace Weston Constructed Fine Art Photographer

Giuseppe Arcimboldo - Summer Allegory, Spring Allegory, The Vegitable Gardner

Op Art: Bridget Riley, MC Escher

Paper: Eric Carl, Eileen Gray, Frank Stella

Suprises: Materials & Forms

  1. Look to the Past, the Future, & Our Imagination - photomontage, found objects
  2. Share an Organizational System - opt art, puzzles using shapes & Illusions
  3. Use Old Methods in New Ways - collage, paper sculptures, open & closed forms

Set Building, Character Development, Photographing

viewing, critique, modify

Elements of good story & timeline

digital animation, fps (frames per second), timeline, character, set, frame, photo journalism, photography
Week 28-32

Ansel Adams

Carlos Tarrats Still Life

Details: DaVinci Studies, Georgia O'Keeffee

New Forms: Stephen Alcorn

Connectedness: Henri Matisse, Chakaia Booker, Mel Chin

Close to Nature: Seeing Connections

  1. Observe Details, Getting Close to Nature & sharing
  2. Invent New Forms from what we see & observe - observe creatures & animal styles
  3. Express Ideas about Connectedness to Nature - land, sea, sky, recycle & restore

Set Building, Character Development, Photographing

viewing, critique, modify

digital animation, fps (frames per second), timeline, character, set, frame, photo journalism, photography
 

Edweard Muybridge: Muybridge's Dogs

Robert Indiana - Love Cross

Norman Rockwell - Girl with Black Eye (The Shiner)

Keith Haring

Ida Kohlmeyer - Circus Series No. 32

Sharing: Communication

  1. Share a message using Letters & Words - letters & symbols
  2. Communicate through symbols - action sequence, everyday stories, public messages
  3. Share an idea in a "different" way - symbol systems, cultural meanings, vessels with a message

Set Building, Character Development, Photographing

viewing, critique, modify

digital animation, fps (frames per second), timeline, character, set, frame, photo journalism, photography
 

Rene Magritte- The False Mirror, La Conition Humaine

Paul Signac- Against the Enamel of a Background Rhythmic with Beats and Angles, Tones and Tints, Portrait of M. Felix Feneon

Giorgio de Chirico - The Anxious Journey

Kano Hogai - Two Dragons in Clouds

South Netherlandish - The Unicorn Tapestries: The Unicorn in Captivity

A World of Wonder: Art & the Imagination

  1. Create the Illusion of Depth in Space - near & far, perspective in space
  2. Create Imaginary Dreamlike Images - visual rhythm & movement, creating mood, unusual proportions
  3. Give Form to Imaginary Mythical Creatures - fantasy & exaggeration, imaginary creatures, dreamlike

Set Building, Character Development, Photographing

viewing, critique, modify

digital animation, fps (frames per second), timeline, character, set, frame, photo journalism, photography

Animate Clay
Clay Animation Station
Mrs. Rose's Clay Animation page
VidShare Claymation Videos
Animation 101
Character Animation Studios
Aardman
Clay Animation Made Easy. Also see this page.
Mrs. Prescott's Computer Literacy Class Claymation page
Mrs. Berg and Mrs. Shannon's Clay Animation page
Giga Palette's Claymation
Brick Films

http://www.hishelpinschool.com/learning/storymap.html


Secrets Of Clay Animation Revealed - This book teaches all methods the experts use to make stop motion films from start to finish. After reading Secrets you will know how to create several types of armatures, learn how puppets are sculpted, make a motion control rig, light your sets, make your own surface gages, use video reference, chroma key, capture programs and more.

Beginner's Guide to Animation
- With the help of Beginner’s Guide to Animation, anyone can make animated movies, using a digital camera, basic software, and a
computer. The book begins with an illustrated guide to setting up a simple animation studio at home, including a list of essential items.

The Art of Stop-Motion Animation
- Through several hands-on exercises, you'll learn how to create puppets and how to bring them to life as you create your own stop-motion film. Interviews with industry professionals offer a fascinating, behind-the-scenes look into the undying art form of stop-motion animation.


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