xylophone

Light, Images, Movement
Level: Grades 4 – 6     Time: 1.5 hours

Construct a simple theatre. Flash four LEDs in sequence through four line drawings on a transparency. The projected image will move.

Construct a revolving disk (a Phenakistoscope) to view your images in motion. Learn persistence of vision. Learn the anatomy of animation.

Cost: 4 Frame Theater :$12

        Phenakistoscope: $10

Connecticut Core Science Curriculum Framework
4.4
Electrical and magnetic energy can be transferred and transformed.

5.2 Perceiving and responding to information about the environment is critical to the survival of organisms.

Student Materials

Program Information

Animation: Creating Movement Frame by Frame

http://www.oscars.org/teachersguide/animation/download.html
from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
study guides in Documentaries, Animation, Sound & Music, Visual Effects,Screenwriting, Cinematography, Film Editing and Art Direction.

   
Sound & Light
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