Animation with Ms. Okimura - This morning we had our first animation class led by Teaching Artist Ms. Lynn Okimura from the Music Center. Ms. Okimura will return for four more classes before the end of the school year, and I am so grateful that Patrice at the Music Center was able to obtain a grant to pay for this program, which is being offered in eight classes at Keppel this spring.
Ms. Okimura led us through a step exercise in which we observed the difference the length of our steps makes in the time it takes to reach the other side. Then we used this information to create our first two flip books using sticky notes. Your child can demonstrate at home with a stack of sticky notes. All work will stay at school for the time being, but we're keeping everything in a portfolio and will bring it all home at the end of our course.
At the end of class today, we watched what is considered the very first filmed animation. Click here to watch Fantasmagorie by Emile Cohl.