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STEM Challenge: Movie Making in FLIPGRID or Class Dojo
​3rd - 4th - 5th Grades

Doraville Movies has hired you to record short videos of things Kindergarteners find interesting. The only really important requirements are that the video movies are 30 seconds or less. You should design and build a stand to make your tablet camera stable.  

You can record to your Class Dojo portfolio for Ms. Miller's Computer Lab, or if you want a challenge, you can try Flipgrid. Flipgrid might require a free app download on the tablets. 

​What are you doing for this STEM Challenge?

  1. ​You will end up with a build of something that holds you tablet still, so you can get good quality movies and also so you can hit play yourself.
  2. You should also end up with several short videos of different styles of movie making.  There's examples.

Go get your Supplies

​Supplies for this build can be things like:
  • things with weight to them like
    • full soup cans
    • full soda cans
    • heavy books
  • solid things like
    • walls
    • tables
Movie making supplies are any props you can talk about like:
  1. small toys
  2. stuffed animals
  3. soccer balls
  4. a book you can read a page of
  5. a book you can tell about
  6. something you drew
  7. something you made 
  8. a photograph you can tell about

Watch "Young Charlotte Filmmaker"

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Help the teacher fill out the Engineer's Notebook

Ms. Maner's Vocabulary Power Point

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What do I do?

  1. Watch the stories.
  2. Draw 2 of your ideas to hold your tablet still and stable.
  3. Build your tablet holder. Test it by making some videos?
  4. Build a better tablet holder. Test it by making some more videos. Video-ish.  How did your tablet holder hold?
  5. Keep improving your holders and making your videos.

Kindergarten has two problems.  What are they? Which needs to be solved first?

  1. You want to make movies about things you are interested in. You need to make a holder, support system to hold your tablet still so you can get good video. You need to build something out of things you have around your house. 
  2. Now you are an independent filmmaker, you can record videos of things you like. Now you need to go get props and start making short videos. Independent film making is a goal here. Your adult is allowed to help if you need it.



​Draw your Ideas for your tablet stand AND make a list of your movie ideas
Movie making idea -- Turn your STEM drawings into a movie.

Use Paper, Class Dojo or Flipgrid to draw your holder ideas and share your movies.
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1. Set up with tablet stand made of books. Filming props. Record.
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4. Tapping the reverse camera option so the camera records towards the stairs, not the bookshelf.
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2. Opening Class Dojo Portfolio to Video Record.
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5. Kyle tapped the record button and had the 3-count-down to get situated.
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3. The Red icon is the record button is on the lower left.
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6. Kyle began blowing his paper inchworms across the screen as it recorded. This was a brilliant little video recorded by himself.

​Now Build.  Record your builds and tests and improvements in Class Dojo or Flipgrid.
Movie making idea -- Turn your tests and improvements into a movie.

​Test Your support builds & make a few more movies!!!
Do you know 30 second movies are called "commercials" and the Super Bowl has the most expensive 30 second movies that exist.

Get mom, dad or the adult you live with to help if you must, but try to work as independently, or by yourself, as you can for at least a few of your movies.  

Watch:  ​What Do You Do With An Idea? by Kobi Yamada (Read by Will Sarris)
Movie making idea -- Read a book.
Movie making idea -- Take your idea and make it a movie.

Now Make a Movie.  Did you get inspired? Now Make a Movie. Or Research for More Ideas. 

Research some more improvements with ....Ish the book and move some more Movie-ISH movies.

Now Did you get inspired? Now Make a Movie. Or Research for More Ideas. 


​How about trying to do a "How-To" draw something video?  Here are two examples.

Now Did you get inspired? Now Make a Movie. Or Research for More Ideas. ​

Improve your movie making...
Watch, Listen, Observe to get ideas


More research --  for more inspiration....Pick one of these StorylineOnline videos.
Watch a story and tell about the book in your movie.
Who was in it?
What did they do?
What part did you like?
I liked the story called _______ because _______.
Watch your movie.  
Now make another one!!!!

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​For parents, Welcome to Kindergarten video creation with Flipgrid

​Para padres, Bienvenido a la creación de vídeos de jardín de infantes con Flipgrid 
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Kyle's example movies.

1.  Showing a community helper student video. Requires a second person to record.
3.  Video holder in place. Independent movie maker -- finished product. Beginning story telling using toys. This video was done entirely by himself.
5.  Video holder #2 made of Duplo Legos. Kyle discovered the cans moved when he pressed the record button.  This is 100% independent movie making. He's reading a book.  Kyle is 7 years old in this video. Younger students may need a little help still. That's OK. 
2.  Community helper student video requires a camera person and a student actor.
4.  Cans of Soup as a tablet holder. This video is explaining how to record a video with Rex and Mickey.
6.  Independent movie with some paper caterpillars Kyle made. This is the view of the tablet on the floor. He could work on the angle to show more next time. 
7.  In this video, Kyle explains and shows how he set up his Paper Caterpillar video. He used big books to hold the tablet’s case so it did not fall forward, and bookshelf in back to support it form falling that direction.

After 18 videos, consider trying Stop Animation (requires an app download)


​After you have made over 20 videos, do some more
Research:  like watching this video. This video is from the Child Fun, "Filmmaking tips for Children - Telling your story through video."


​Young Moviemakers Camps
8 years old and older

​These are 8 year old or older kids at summer camps for the "Young Moviemakers." They are comfortable behind and in front of the camera. The storytelling has some adult helpers and the kids clearly enjoy the process. They have a Red Carpet Oscars at the end of each camp. It is something for your child to look forward to in a few years.  They can get ideas on short scripts and entertaining videos made by kids. 

If you child loves making movies...here are some books and other resources

Article on how to download free apps to help your child make more sophisticated like Lego Animation, and movies with scenes. movies. "How To Help Your Kids Make Amazing Movies On Tablets And Phones www.cbc.ca/parents/learning/view/how-to-help-your-kids-make-amazing-movies-on-tablets-and-phones 



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Action! Making Movies (TIME FOR KIDS® Nonfiction Readers) Paperback – Illustrated, March 1, 2013 by Sarah Garza (Author)
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Kids Guide to Movie Making: How kids can produce & direct movies that audiences will love Kindle Edition by by Shelley Frost (Author)
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YouTube Planning Book for Kids: a notebook for budding YouTubers. (YouTube Planning Books for Kids) (Volume 1) Paperback – May 24, 2017 by Giacboy97 (Author)
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SMARTPHONE MOVIE MAKER (Spanish Edition) (Spanish) 1st Edition by Bryan Michael Stoller ISBN-13: 978-8468333427
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Harry Potter: Imagining Hogwarts: A Beginner's Guide to Moviemaking Hardcover – October 30, 2018 by Bryan Michael Stoller

Animation & STOP Animation Video Making ​ books

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Animation Lab for Kids: Fun Projects for Visual Storytelling and Making Art Move - From cartooning and flip books to claymation and stop-motion movie making Paperback – Illustrated, October 1, 2016 by Laura Bellmont (Author), Emily Brink (Author)
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The LEGO Animation Book: Make Your Own LEGO Movies! Paperback – Illustrated, October 16, 2016 by David Pagano (Author),
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Brick Flicks: A Comprehensive Guide to Making Your Own Stop-Motion LEGO Movies Paperback – November 18, 2014 by Sarah Herman (Author)

Stop Animation Examples

Claymation
Cut-Out Motion
Advanced Claymation (Professional)
UMBRELLA | Award-Winning and Oscar®-Contending CGI Animated Short Film
Food Stop Motion
Object-Motion ​Using Sticky Notes
Pixilation
White-board Stop Motion
Food Animation
Lego-Animation

Goldfish Smiles' video "Cómo hacer Stop-Motion: Versión completa"

Stop Animation in Google Slides  How-To

Science Filmmaking Tips's "How to Make Stop Motion Videos"

edu puertas' "Free Stop Motion animation app​"

If mom or dad or your adult and you are really interested in movie making, stop animation is super fun to do as a team.  
He has a super creative and easy Phone Holder out of clothes pins at 1:09 in the video

Camera Supports and Tripods

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