The document provides guidance for students to generate ideas for a stop motion animation project. It instructs students to work in groups to develop an initial idea and pitch it to the class. It then asks students to independently brainstorm multiple ideas using a provided worksheet to structure their planning. Finally, students will work in pairs, pitching their ideas to each other and providing feedback on ways to further develop the ideas. The overall goal is for students to practice idea generation and receive feedback to strengthen their initial stop motion animation concepts.

1. Stop Motion
Ideas workshop

2. What were we doing before
half term?

3. Today
You are going to generate ideas for a stop
motion animation, beginning the planning
process and thinking about how we can
break down an idea into its individual
components.

4. By the end of today, you
OMUST create an engaging idea for a stop
motion animation with a group of your peers
OSHOULD begin to generate a creative idea
for a stop motion animation independently
OCOULD identify ways to build upon your
initial idea through feedback

5. Lets remind ourselves about
stop motion techniques

6. What is pixilation?

7. What are the benefits of producing a
stop motion animation?

8. What type of animation is
this?

9. What are the benefits of
found-object animation?

10. What do we call this type of
animation?

11. How easy is it to produce
claymation?

12. How many images do we have
to photograph for 1 second of
animation?

13. Today

14. Idea generation can be difficult
O What different ways can we come up with
ideas?

15. Idea generation can be difficult
brainstorms Group work
research

16. Today
O Working in small groups you need to come up
with an idea for a stop motion animation.
O You will be given a style, client and format and
will have to develop an idea that meets these
needs.
O You will have 20 minutes to develop that idea,
then you will need to pitch it to the group!

17. What do I want?
O Creative, original ideas!
O A clear understanding of what will happen
in the animation!
O Good descriptive language that makes the
idea come alive!
O Good use of pitching techniques!

18. Lets put you in groups…

19. Group task

20. Feedback

21. Task 2
O Working alone, create a brainstorm for at
least different ideas for a stop motion.
O Use the brainstorm worksheet to help
structure your planning process.
O Try to develop your ideas on the paper:
start by putting 1 word, but then write it up
as a full paragraph.

22. What type of film is it?
• Advert
• Short film
• Ident for a TV channel
• Music video
• Special effects scene for a movie
What animation
technique will you
use and why?
• Pixilation
• Claymation
• Found object
• Whiteboard
What is the
mood of the film?
• Happy
• Sad
• Light
• Dark
• Brooding
• Exciting
Who is it for or
about?
• E4
• Coca cola
• Skittles
• Converse
• Who is the main ‘star’ of the
piece?
• Will you need to design
them?
• What will they be made out
of?
• Do you need actors?
• ‘a person, in a place,
doing their thing’
• Where is it set?
• Who is the main
‘star’?
• What happens in it?
What will you make it
with?
What will you use as a
set?
Do you need to buy
anything?
Stop motion
animation
format
style
Brand / client
Narrative
Props &
materials
Tone
Characters

23. Task 3
O In pairs, pitch your idea to each other.
O You must give each other at least 2
different things to develop in more detail.
O Ask them questions like
O “what will you make the character out of?
O “how will it end?”
O “Does the story seem clear to you?”