Year 9 Multimedia

Year 9 Multimedia have begun learning about animation as a part of their Video Production unit. Over the past 2 weeks, students have looked at the different types of animation, how they are made and the different techniques utilised in animation. 

As part of their formative task, Year 9 Multimedia produced a flipbook which needed to demonstrate their understanding of the 12 principles of animation. Each student was given approx 24 index cards (or were able to do this digitally) to draw each frame for their flip book on, which represented the average frame rate for films. 

The class was able to gain an appreciation for traditional animators and the skill and patience required in order to produce a film length animation as early animators were able to. While the students only created approximately 1-2 seconds of animation, the comment “This takes forever!” was said quite a bit, only 4 drawings in!

Year 9 will be translating these skills into upcoming animation projects this term. We look forward to seeing what they come up with!

Shanai Mifsud

Technologies Teacher