Water Pollution - Our Stop Motion Animation

Stop Motion Animation

Animation Links

One of the most famous stop motion animations is Wallace and Gromit.  All the characters were made from moulded plasticine modelling clay, and filmed with stop motion animation, this is often called Claymation. The link below give more depth information about the craft of animation and its history and creators. 

Stop motion animation 
http://flyingpaper.org/the-craft-of-stop-motion-animation/

The history and creators of stop motion animation
http://trueclassics.net/2011/09/03/pioneers-of-animation-j-stuart-blackton/

Here are examples of incredible stop motion animation on two different scales: 

Gulp. The world's largest stop-motion animation set, shot on a Nokia N8.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieN2vhslTTU

Dot. The world's smallest stop-motion animation character shot on a Nokia N8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD7eagLl5c4

Play to cure : The Cancer Research Game

Just came across this game whilst browsing online. This a cause very close to my heart and I thought it was quite interesting considering we have been talking about gaming and education, and this incorporates both.

Description from the Cancer Research website: 

Play to Cure™: Genes in Space is the world’s first free mobile game that uses the collective force of players to analyse real genetic data and help beat cancer sooner.

The game

The mission of Genes in Space is to collect a fictional substance dubbed Element Alpha. This represents genetic cancer data, which might underpin certain types of cancer.

As a recruit of the game's 'Bifrost Industries', your mission is to collect the valuable and tradable substance Element Alpha and rise through the employee ranks by:

• Mapping your route through the densest areas of Element Alpha.
• Following your route as you fly through space collecting as much Element Alpha as you can, destroying asteroids along the way.
• Avoiding and shooting asteroids to get to the next level of Element Alpha collection.
• Upgrading your ship to become more powerful and trading your Element Alpha for more points.

http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/support-us/play-to-cure-genes-in-space?utm_source=affiliate_window&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_name=online_retail&utm_content=www.facebook.com

My Scratch animation

My Scratch Animation

This animation was created using the program 'Scratch'. We started using Scratch in our sessions before Christmas. Scratch is a free programming software which allows you to create your own interactive animations. Firstly, it was confusing, as this software was completely new to me, but once I got into it, it was easy to pick up! To get to terms with our software, we had to create a maze on the screen for our 'Sprite' to move through. Then after creating our maze, we then moved on to creating our own animation. I choose the 'Africa' theme and used a Lion and Elephant. Here is a screenshot showing how I created my animation. 

In my animation, the lion is chasing the elephant. This was difficult to begin with, as trying to get all the commands in order was very time consuming but after working hard I created my animation.