Wednesday, 29 December 2021

My Stick Figure Animation Summer Learning Journey Rua Tekau Ma Tahi

Today for Summer Learning Journey we had to make a Stick Figure Animation. I had the idea to make a flipbook but I could not find the right amount of pieces of paper to make one so I used the template of the online one.

I used Google Slides and I thought that 1 second per slide was way too slow. Then I remembered that one day in cyber smart the teacher teaching it, Mrs Torrie, taught us a way to make GIFs out of slides on a site called Talltweets. You put in a slide then choose how long each slide is. I made mine 0.3 for each of my 78 slides.

The first time someone made a flipbook animation was in 1832. Did you know the German word for flipbook - Daumenkino, which translates to "thumb cinema" pretty much explains what it is.

I enjoyed making the animation because it was fun coming up with ideas on what to make my stick man do. I wanted to make people laugh with this and I hope I achieved that! 

Next time I want to make this with funny music in the background to add the funny effect. 

Thank you for reading my blog. Here is my GIF:

2 comments:

  1. Kia ora Kylah,

    This is a fantastic stick figure animation! Did it take long to create the stick figure images and put them all together?

    Thats awesome that you remembered something Mrs Torrie taught you and used it when your initial idea didn't work out, very resourceful!

    Amazing work doing some research on the history of flip books. I didn't know that was the German word for it, but it makes a lot of sense! Thumb cinema is a creative way of describing these images, especially when done on paper.

    I’m marking this post as an outstanding blog post, for your resourcefulness and for sharing your fantastic knowledge with us!

    I’m glad you enjoyed this activity! I’m looking forward to your next blog posts.

    Ngā mihi,
    Lauren

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  2. Kia ora Kylah!

    It is Charlotte here from the SLJ commenting team!!

    This animation is so spectacular! It is like a silent film! I like the transitions from weightlifting to skating!! Very clever work!

    ‘Thumb cinema’ is such a great word for flip books! Nice research into the history of flip books, Kylah!

    It is very clear to see why Lauren labelled this as an outstanding post! Ka pai on your amazing mahi!!

    Ngā mihi nui,
    Charlotte :)

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