Shadowing - Little Earth Native Youth Arts Collective - Heidi Haferman - 0 hours
No classes as MCAD is on Spring Break :)
However, I did create a Facebook messenger group which will be our preferred form of communication.
Residency - El Colegio Charter School - Peter Glaser - 6 hours
Tuesday was my teaching day, which was super exciting, but nerve wrecking at the same time. I taught the first & second period physics classes the Animation Waveform Principle and how to construct their own flipbooks. Both Spanish and English languages were used for demos and instruction.
I made a brief introduction to how physics and animation relate and why animation needs physics in order to work. Then, I quickly went over what the 12 Basic Animation Principles are, but mostly going in-depth with the Wave Principle. I presented a powerpoint with animated gifs to give students a visual reference.
Then, I passed out pre-cut Canson Animation Paper, cardboard, and colored paper in which the students could put together their flipbooks. After that, I went over the wave principle demo.
For more detail on this lesson, visit the lesson plan page under my name :)
To be honest, the first class didn’t go too well as many factors got in the way (students were not paying attention and it was hard to puncture holes in the flipbooks, which had the students give up quickly. 100% my bad as I provided the wrong materials.)
However, the second class went WAAYYYYYYY better! I changed up the way I presented the demos and we used long nails to puncture holes, which was faster and easier so students had more time to animate. Although, not all of them did the wave formation, they made some pretty amazing animations, which I’m super happy with either way!
This Friday was my last day at El Colegio High School, so I’d like to thank Peter Glaser for inviting me to observe and teach his classroom, and El Colegio for hosting me and creating such a welcoming environment. It was such a great place for a residency!
Residency - Children’s Residential Treatment Center - Carmen Elate - 6 hours
As my residency at El Colegio fades to an end, my residency at the CRTC is now starting up! I went in for the first time on Tuesday to observe Carmen’s Art classroom with both Unit A and Unit B students. I don’t even think I had time to take down notes because I was helping out and interacting with the students the whole time, which was a great experience!
I helped Carmen set-up the classroom IPads as the students are starting to learn how to create stop-motion animations through the Stop-Motion Pro App.
On Wednesday, I brought in one of the Media Center’s photo tripods (that has a horizontal arm feature) that the kids could use to shoot their animations from above. It’s super handy and gives the students a chance to use a piece of equipment they might not have otherwise used.
Also, I gave a small presentation of my work/animations so the students know where my expertise is, as well as some examples of my past stop-motion work.
Throughout the rest of the week, I got to see the student’s super awesome stop-motion animations, help students make clay figures/sets/shots, and just chill with them whether it be playing games or sketching.
I’m extremely excited to start this residency as I predict fun and exciting things to come! Carmen and I have already started talking about what might lesson might be. Thinking about possibly a collaborative animation project?? We’ll see!
Total Hours: 12 hrs
Other than that, that’s it! I’d like to show off the final result of my Risograph Gig Posters!! They came out so fantastic~ Absolutely will be printing on the riso again once I get the chance!
