Amie

I think it was on this list that someone mentioned a program that helps kids
make the freeze frame type movie. (I can't remember what it is called!). It
is the type that you set up the props, take a picture, then move the props,
take a picture, etc etc. Then you put it all together so that it looks like
the figures are moving. Does anyone have a recommendation for a program? My
kids are 7 years.



Thanks!

Amie



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alexandriapalonia

The term you're looking for is "stop action."

Lego has a movie creator digital camera/legos/computer interface for
making movies with minifigs. That's the youngest set I've seen.

Alex


> I think it was on this list that someone mentioned a program that
helps kids> make the freeze frame type movie. (I can't remember what
it is called!). It> is the type that you set up the props, take a
picture, then move the props,> take a picture, etc etc. Then you put
it all together so that it looks like> the figures are moving. Does
anyone have a recommendation for a program? My> kids are 7 years.
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> Amie

katherand2003

Oh well and you are gonna LUV this. I looked it up because it
sounded like something I would like to do with ds when he gets
older. He is very detail oriented and so is his father and so am I,
and I know that this could be fun for all of us as individuals and
together too. We'll see how it goes. Hopefully this works for macs
too because I have an old one it probably WON'T work on. :( We'll
see.

Anyhoodle.. The program is Stop Motion and it is at this link:
http://www.stopmotionpro.com/

AND there is something called Brickfilms who are having a contest:

The next Brickfilms contest is in cooperation with BrickFest.
The annual animation competition at BrickFest will also be an
official Brickfilms contest. BrickFest will be August 13-15 in
Washington DC.
We've got some more great prizes for this contest, with another copy
Stop Motion Pro animation software being graciously provided by the
folks over at Stop Motion Pro. The Sisters are also giving away
another camera. Scroll down for more details.
The theme of this contest will be High Adventure Theatre . This is
not as specific as it might seem. The only requirement is that a
character or characters must partake in some sort of adventure in
your film. After that, it's totally up to your imagination. Any
genre is fair game, whether it be space, cliffhangers, cavemen,
hitmen, airplanes, boatplanes, pirates, gangsters, or brickfilm
noir.
There will be two sections of the competition, the on-line portion
and the BrickFest portion. Each will have its own set of prizes and
system of judging. The same films will be in both sections, you need
not submit separate films.
The films will be compiled onto an official Brickfilms/BrickFest DVD
which will be sold at the festival and afterwards from the
Brickfilms website. The price will be relatively low, with the aim
of recovering the costs of production and contest prizes.

Kathe




--- In [email protected], "Amie" <amiersa2@c...>
wrote:
> I think it was on this list that someone mentioned a program that
helps kids
> make the freeze frame type movie. (I can't remember what it is
called!). It
> is the type that you set up the props, take a picture, then move
the props,
> take a picture, etc etc. Then you put it all together so that it
looks like
> the figures are moving. Does anyone have a recommendation for a
program? My
> kids are 7 years.
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> Amie
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[email protected]

At Explora, our hands-on science and children's museum in Albuquerque,
there's a very cool stop-action station where kids make little movies with 195
frames or so (fewer I think if you put in sound effects). Holly loves that and
made some wonderful things, but... they don't save. Each is erased before the
next kid comes.

She has started taking her own stuff when we go now.

The last one she made (I helped with part of it) was shown over and over by
and to volunteers, showing it to each other and being impressed that she wasn't
just goofing around with it.

We added paper, and drew on the paper too, as it went.

That was inspired by Teeny Little Super Guy, which used to show on Sesame
Street sometimes. Those were combinations of drawn cartoons (on clear plastic
cups, mostly but not always) and stop-action. Does anyone know if the guy who
did those did other things or if those are available somewhere? We have a
couple on old tapes of Sesame Street from when Kirby was little, but I would LOVE
to have them all.

Sandra

pam sorooshian

On Oct 29, 2004, at 8:34 AM, SandraDodd@... wrote:

> Does anyone know if the guy who did those did other things or if
> those are available somewhere?

Creator is Paul Fierlinger <paulfierlinger.com>

And pictures and lyrics are here
<http://members.tripod.com/Tiny_Dancer/teeny.html>

Couldn't find anywhere to get tapes.

-pam
National Home Education Network
<www.NHEN.org>
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through information, networking and public relations.

Amie

Thank you for the information.



Amie



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