A DAY-LONG WORKSHOP IN FILM ANIMATION!
Who: Grades 4 – 12
What: Create a short animated historical film in a full day workshop with a professional animator and museum interpreter
Where: Museum of Vanvouver – 1100 Chestnut Street, Vancouver
When: Every Tuesday – 9:30 AM – 2:00 PM
Students work cooperatively to storyboard the film’s plot, create characters, animate their creations using computer-operated digital cameras, and add dialogue and sound effects. At the end of the day, the class will have a finished product that will be sent to you one week following the workshop.
Cost: $15.00 per student – includes all supplies!
Goals & Objectives
- Understand how animation works
- Learn how to develop a story and create characters
- Know the basic tools and techniques for creating an animated film using cut-out animation
- Understand the concept of historical fiction
- Develop a better understanding of events in Vancouver history
This program is a partnership of the Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth and Museum of Vancouver.
Please contact the Museum of Vancouver for details
Phone: 604-730-5307 | jlougheed@museumofvancouver.ca
Why Animate Local History?
This day-long workshop encourages students to identify what they value about their heritage and their city. They become detectives, guided through the Vancouver Museum exhibits with an objective: to look for clues to the past in order to bring their own Vancouver story to life through animation.
Some of the stories that you will animate:
The Great Vancouver Fire of 1886
Story based on the events of June 13th, 1886 when the new city of Vancouver burned to the ground in less than 30 minutes.
The Mummy Panechates
Story based on the story of the boy mummy Panechates at the Vancouver Museum.
The Anti-Asian Riots of 1907
Story based on the events of September 7th, 1907 when 15,000 men rioted in Vancouver’s Chinatown and Japantown.
The Gold Rush
Story based on the writings of prospector Joseph Halpenny who came overland to B.C.’s Cariboo in the 1860s in search of gold.
Click here to view samples…
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM LINKS
This project has several links to the school curriculum, helping students to develop skills in such areas as teamwork, communication, and cooperation. Activities include a museum visit, interviewing, storyboarding, and animation. Students develop skills in math, time management, storytelling, and historical research. Learning how to do animation integrates all areas of the curriculum, enabling students to apply their multiple intelligences to a project-based learning experience.
Curriculum Connections: Social Studies – Society and Culture; Language Arts – Oral and Visual Communication; Visual Arts; Technology
What Teachers are Saying:
“Excellent – bringing history to life with names and stories – an enjoyable enriching program.”
