Claymation

** CLAY-MATION **
 * iSTOPMOTION **


 * Area of Interaction: Health and Social Education **
 * Significant Concept: Students should understand the positive and negative consequences of an action and should be able to use iStop, iMovie, iDVD and Garageband for projects in all subject areas. **
 * Unit Question: How do my choices impact my life? **


 * REQUIREMENTS: **


 * 1) ** Take the Claymation Test on Skyward before you begin. **
 * 2) ** Create a new page on your wiki and name it "iStopMotion". Copy and paste this page into your wiki. **
 * 3) ** Use the Design Cycle to create your claymation. **
 * 4) ** Create a one-minute video using your own clay models, iStopMotion, and iMovie. **
 * 5) ** Use iStopMotion to create your video, use iMovie to edit your video. **
 * 6) ** Your movie needs to answer the question, "How do my choices impact my life". You need to show the positive and negative consequence of a choice. **
 * 7) ** Create the background and/or backdrop for your movie. You need to make it, do not use the backgrounds in iStop. **
 * 8) ** Once the movie is created export it to iMovie. **
 * 9) ** Add your own GarageBand or iMovie song/sound effects to your movie. **
 * 10) ** You must have a title at the beginning and end of your movie. Titles will count as ten seconds of your movie. **
 * 11) ** Create a DVD of your movie. **
 * 12) ** Upload your movie onto your wikispace. **
 * 13) ** You will receive MYP grades and an academic grade for this assignment. **


 * INVESTIGATE: **
 * 1. Take the test on [|Skyward]  **.
 * 2. Why are you using the Design Cycle for this assignment? **
 * To create a better product. **
 * 3. How will the Design Cycle help you with this assignment? **
 * It will help us by organizing the entire production and **
 * 4. Answer the Design Brief questions below: **
 * - What materials do you have for this assignment? **
 * Clay, paper, drawing utensil, and more paper. **
 * - What software is required for you to use for this assignment? **
 * iMovie, iStop, GarageBand **
 * - How will you earn an academic grade for this assignment? **
 * It is based off of the final product and how we utilize the design cycle. **
 * - How will you earn your MYP grades for this assignment? **
 * It is dependent on how good your project is. **
 * - How can my choices change the lives of others positively and negatively? **
 * If I am a horrible person, everyone would be discouraged and would affect them in a negative way. If you are a supportive, kind person, then everyone would feel better about themselves. **
 * - How can my choices change my life positively and negatively? **
 * If positive choices are made, then your life will be better in many ways. If negative choices are made, your life would be destroyed and your health would we worse, and you will die faster. **
 * - Why is it important to make positive choices in your life? **
 * so you can be a better person with a happy life. **
 * - Why is it important to our country that you make positive choices? **
 * If you make bad choices, then we would end up starting wars against countries that we never should have fought. **

[|story board.pdf]
 * PLAN: **
 * 5. Brainstorm ideas for you clay-mation. Here is the chart: **
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 * [|IB Brainstorming Chart .pdf] **
 * 6. Select one of your ideas and explain why you chose that idea: **
 * The bottom one because it is funny and meets all of the requirements. **
 * 7. Use the story board paper to plan your clay-mation. Here is the storyboard: **
 * [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png caption="external image pdf.png" link="http://bradfieldtechnology.wikispaces.com/file/view/story+board.pdf"]] ||
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 * 8. Explain how you and your group will use your time to get your project finished in 10 days: (You need to explain who is going to do what, and how you will get this project done by November 22.) **
 * ** Day 1: All three of us will work on the Skyward test. Gary will be working on the Wikispace. Zach and Nick will work on the storyboard and brainstorming chart. **
 * ** Day 2: Gary will work on the plan section on the wikispace. Zach and Nick will finish and submit the storyboard and brainstorming chart. **
 * ** Day 3: Gary will primarily work on the background/back drop while Zach and Nick work on the claymation. **
 * ** Day 4: Gary will continue to draw more backgrounds/backdrops while Zach and Nick work on the claymation. **
 * ** Day 5: Gary will start taking the pictures required while Zach and Nick place and position the clay figures. **
 * ** Day 6: We will continue to shoot the pictures. **
 * ** Day 7: Gary will start the basic editing and Zach and Nick work on voices and sound. **
 * ** Day 8: We will continue the basic editing and the voices and sound. **
 * ** Day 9: Gary will add subtitles while Zach and Nick polish the video. **
 * ** Day 10 (November 22): Movie needs to be on your wiki and all the question on your wikispace answered. **


 * CREATE: **
 * ** Use the computer, software, clay and other materials appropriately. **
 * ** Follow the steps of the plan you made in question #9. **
 * **Follow your storyboard.**
 * ** Pay attention to the quality of your presentation! **


 * EVALUATE: **
 * 9. If you made any changes to your plan or story board, explain why you changed it: **
 * We had to shorten the story to fit the time constraints. **
 * ** Why did you change your plan? **
 * ** We were limited on time and we were having major difficulties with our figurines. **
 * ** Why did you change your story board? **
 * ** We took out a few scenes due to our limit in time. **
 * 10. How could you improve your movie? **
 * We can make easier-to-use claymations. **
 * 11. Does your movie meet all of the requirements? **
 * It did because we had everything we needed. **
 * 12. Share your movie with at least one friend. What did he/she like about your movie? He liked the backdrops. **
 * 13. Give yourself a grade for each step of the Design Cycle: (1 - 6) **
 * ** Investigate: 6 **
 * ** Plan:5 **
 * ** Create:3 **
 * ** Evaluate:5 **
 * 14. Were you responsible in using the software, computer, clay, and other materials? **
 * Yes we were. **
 * 15. How do my choices impact my life? (Write at least a paragraph. Explain both positive and negative consequences, and how your choices impact others.) **
 * With making good choices makes good outcomes. Sometimes, when people make bad choices, it can simply affect your life. But if you made a choice like smoking or ignoring school, your life will be severely impacted and it might even be ruined. **


 * ATTITUDE: **
 * 16. Reflect on your attitude on each step of the Design Cycle. Did you completely answer each step without complaining, being a whiny baby, or saying "it's too hard"?. Explain your answer: **
 * We were not whining at all and we completed the project without us arguing too much. **
 * 17. Did you complete iStopMotion without complaining, being a whiny baby, or saying "it's too hard"?: **
 * Yes we did because it was really easy to use. **
 * 18. What grade do you deserve on your attitude? (1 - 6) **
 * 5 **


 * How You Will Receive a Letter Grade: **
 * 1) ** Investigate: 10 **
 * 2) ** Design: 10 **
 * 3) ** Plan: 10 **
 * 4) ** Create: 10 **
 * 5) ** Evaluate: 10 **
 * 6) ** Attitude: 10 **
 * 7) ** Your movie was at least a minute: 10 **
 * 8) ** You answered the unit question: 20 **
 * 9) ** Your movie answered the unit question: 20 (Shows the positive and negative consequence of a choice) **
 * 10) ** You made your own back drop: 10 **
 * 11) ** Your movie had titles, music, and sound effects: 30 **
 * 12) ** You created a DVD: 10 **
 * 13) ** TOTAL = 160 POINTS **