The First Stories
The moviemakers have been creating their stories using the Stop Motion app. Eunbyul was the first to finish his first movie.
We noticed that Eunbyul had taken over 400 photographs to create his 30-second movie. We wondered about the sequence of the story and the positioning of the objects in the photographs. We decided to invite him to present his written story plan and his first movie to the class, hoping that Eunbyul’s peers would be able to give him feedback that could improve his creation.
- What did they notice in the images?
- What elements would Eunbuyl need to work on to improve his movie?
The audience was captivated by Eunbyul’s movie. They loved his Pikachoo characters and were excited to see how he brought his characters to life.
Eunbyul explained that he was still unsure of how to show a snowfall. The audience gave him specific feedback to improve his story.
- Follow the story plan.
- Make sure pictures don’t include parts of the moviemaker’s body.
- Take multiple photographs to show the slow movement of the objects
The teachers decided to use two objects to demonstrate what the audience meant by slow intentional movements.
Eunbyul thought about the feedback and went on to make his second movie. This time, he followed his story plan, mindful of the sequence of events that the photographs needed to show.
Excitement about the movies rippled across the class, with Oxford, Oliver and Eli deciding to create their own stories using the app. The team sat with paper and writing tools to create a story plan.
Oxford picked up an iPad and reached out to his friends to learn how to use the app Stop Motion.
- Oxford “Eunbyul taught me a little bit how to use the Stop Motion app. He showed me where to touch and not touch and he explained how to do it. I go and make it. I first touched the Stop Motion movie app, then I took photos. I took 76 photos for the movie.”