AV script sheet for History of Gaming assignment
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Student Name Lilly Charnley-Westgate
Task 1 of 3:
Introduction: write the script that you will be recording for your introduction here. Introduce yourself
and say what the documentary will be about. Maybe make a statement that you are going to challenge or
ask a question that you’re going to try and answer through the course of the documentary and in the
conclusion.
Hi my name is Lilly Charnley-Westgate and my specialist subject documentary is going to based on stop
motion animation.
Task 2 of 3:
Audio: Visual:
(script being narrated/additional sounds heard. (what will the audience be seeing?)
Write ROUGH timings in here where possible)
Introduction Introduction
Hi my name is Lilly and I’m going to be talking about The audience will see the title of my documentary
animation. reading “Stop motion animation”
There are many forms of animation types stop-
motion animation is one of them. Montage of different examples of famous stop
But what is stop motion animation? motion animations such as Wallis and Gromit,
By definition stop motion is an advanced flipbook Chicken Run, Coraline, Fantastic Mr fox.
style form of animation. It involves photographing
and physically manipulating objects within your
frame. As each frame is played in a sequence the
technique creates the effect of an object moving
itself.
History
The very first documented stop motion animation
called the Humpty Dumpty Circus was released in
1898 by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E smith. It was
made using dolls with jointed limbs. However
unfortunately the short film has been lost in time.
But it later lead to stop motion animations created
today.
How tech improved
Luckily technology has improved through time
making stop motion animation even better then
before. Cameras are now better, 3D printing has
become more popular and developments have been
made in computer graphics and digital visual effects
and editing software.
Key people in the Industry
Aardmans animation is a key example of a very
successful animation company with creators and
directors like Nick Park creating stop motion
animations like Wallis and Gromit. Interview footage of Nick Park talking about stop
motion animation.
Key techniques associated with the subject Show behinds the scenes footage of examples of
There are many materials a animator could use to stop motions being made
create a s stop motion animation. These may include
clay, plasticine or household objects Equipment used for Stop motion animation being
shown such as Plasticine and dragon frame.
Your own attempts at mastering a technique
For my own attempt of making a stop motion
animation I decided to use plasticine to show the life
cycle of a butterfly. In my opinion I found plasticine Show my Stop motion animation which I did.
very easy to manipulate. I also found the software
called dragon frame easy to use.
Interviews with people discussing the skills
But I wanted to find out more about stop motion
animation
“How do you think technology has improved within
stop motion animation?” o “What is the first stop Visual interview with Paul Answering the questions.
motion animation that you remember watching?” Questions will appear on the screen.
.“What is your favourite example of a stop motion When Paul talks about specific stop motion
animation and explain why?” animations show footage of mort, pirates on a
“Do you think stop motion animation will continue adventure with scientists and Pinocchio.
to be popular form of animation in the future, if so,
why?”
“What is your favourite software used to edit stop
motion?”.
Conclusion
To conclude my documentary I think stop motion
animation will continue to be a popular form of
animation in the future due its variety and
company’s like Aardmans animations continuing to
stay popular and relevant within the Industry
End with a conclusion
Montage of stop motion animation.
Task 3 of 3:
Conclusion: write the script that you will be recording for your conclusion here. revisit your initial
question or statement from the introduction, recap some highlights of the things you’ve studied for your
question/statement and suggest whether the statement is supported or what the answer to the question
was.
