1. Animation-Ish
Shaw STEM Lab
2017

2. Animation-Ish By the end of this Engagement, you should be able to
Explain how to use the Animation-ish program
Describe the key moments in a plot
Formulate your own animation using the Animation-ish program

3. Things You’ll Need
When you are ready to start your animation, you will need
Animation-ish program
located in the “All Applications” folder
Wacom Tablet
Wacom Pen (check out)

4. What is an animation…?
An animations is the technique of photographing successive drawings to create an illusion of movement when the movie is shown as a sequence.
Take a look at the red ball drawing to the left, if we were to “animate” the red circle it would give the appearance that it is bouncing.

5. What is an animation
Animations can be short, like the ball bouncing on the slide before, or they can be the length of full length movies.

6. Creating a really good story
Most stories, movies and animations follow the same basic plot line.
It is broken up into three distinct sections: Beginning, Middle, and End.
Within each section there are certain aspects that are important to telling the story, let’s look at these a little closer.

7. The Beginning
In the Beginning section the two important aspects are Exposition & Conflict
Exposition is a literary device used to introduce background information about events, settings, characters etc. to the audience or readers
In Exposition there are a couple more important elements
Characters: the people in the story
Setting: where the story takes place
A Conflict is a literary element that involves a struggle between two opposing forces usually a protagonist and an antagonist.

8. The Middle
In the Middle section the two important aspects are Rising Action & Climax
Rising Action in a plot is a series of relevant incidents that create suspense, interest and tension in a narrative.
Climax is that particular point in a narrative at which the conflict or tension hits the highest point.

9. The End
In the End section the two important aspects are Falling Action & Resolution
Falling Action occurs right after the climax, when the main problem of the story resolves. Besides, it wraps up the narrative, resolves its loose ends and leads towards the closure.
The Resolution means the unfolding or solution of a complicated issue in a story.

10. Vocabulary
Pick at least five of the following words/terms and define the following in your own words
Exposition
Characters
Conflict
Setting
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution

11. Using the Wacom Pen & Tablet
Click the Wacom Tablet to watch a tutorial on how to use the Wacom Pen & Tablet
Please watch only the first 3-ish minutes of this tutorial
This should give you all of the basic information you will need

12. Lessons-ish Click the image to the right or the link below.
Using either the Wacom Pen or the mouse, follow along with the lesson using Wiggledoodle-ish.

13. Question
Describe in at least five sentences the most challenging part about using Wiggledoodle-ish.

14. Using Animation-ish: Flipbook-ish
Launch the Animation-ish program
Select Lessons
Using either the Wacom Pen or the mouse, follow along with the lesson using Flipbook-ish.
You may also follow the link below.

15. Create Your Animation It’s time to create your own animation!
Your Animation should be
At least 20 different slides
Clearly follow the Plot line
Created by both teammates