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Mary Wollstonecraft – and some French Revolutionaries.<\/p><\/div>\n

Our animated film was co-created with Skidaddle Films<\/a> and Year 4,5 & 6 students from Finham Primary School<\/a>.<\/h2>\n

1. Inspiration<\/h3>\n

Students were introduced to the Age of Revolution.<\/p>\n

They:
\n\u2022 Explored the words \u2018Age\u2019 and \u2018Revolution\u2019
\n\u2022 Found out that the Age of Revolution took place between 1775 \u2013 1848
\n\u2022 Discovered that this was before both World Wars, radio, TV, and Neil Armstrong landed on the moon. But, after the Romans, Ancient Egyptian and Tudors. And that some of it was around the same time as the Victorians.
\n\u2022 Realised that without the Age of Revolution, they wouldn\u2019t be able to:<\/p>\n

– travel by bike or train
\n– have a flu vaccination
\n– send a text
\n– have an operation without an anaesthetic<\/p>\n

And that life would be very different for girls and boys.<\/p>\n

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They explored some of the weird and wonderful objects in our revolutionary collection and tried to work out what or who they were:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Courtesy of the Science Photo Library and the Royal Institution, London.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a rat trap to kill rodents\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s to hypnotise people before surgery\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a punishment for naughty children\u201d<\/p>\n

Nope \u2013 it\u2019s the first ever generator of electricity<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s a knife and fork – for if you only have one arm\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a comb or a hair brush\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a non-electric shaver to get rid of hair\u201d<\/p>\n

Nope \u2013 it\u2019s the first ever vaccinator<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It eventually eradicated smallpox worldwide.<\/p>\n

And they decided on their favourites to focus on in their film.<\/p>\n

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Finally, they thought about some revolutionary ideas of their own:<\/p>\n

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Finham Primary School student\u2019s work<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u201cAn electric car that can grow wings and fly out of traffic jams\u201d
\n\u201cA radio that turns itself off when it hears bad news\u201d
\n\u201cSomething that stops litter reaching the ground when someone drops it\u201d
\nAnd kind dragons!<\/p>\n

See Introducing the Age of Revolution<\/a> for more details and ideas for classroom activities.<\/p>\n

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2. Generating ideas<\/h3>\n

Working in small groups, the students talked about the different objects they had chosen to focus on in the film. They thought about how they affected people\u2019s lives at the time, why they were revolutionary, and what these new ideas, inventions and discoveries mean for our lives today.<\/p>\n

They wrote and drew their ideas on a big piece of paper as they went along.<\/p>\n

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Finham Primary School student\u2019s work<\/p><\/div>\n

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3. Exploring animation<\/h3>\n

The students started by looking at a simple animation created using a zoetrope. When the series of pictures is spun quickly, our eyes are tricked into thinking the pictures are moving (an eye that appears to wink, in this case). You get the same effect with a flick book.<\/p>\n

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Finham Primary School student\u2019s work<\/p><\/div>\n

Then they explored different ways of framing the images and scenes in an animated film \u2013 such as \u2018close-ups\u2019 and \u2018mid-shots\u2019.<\/p>\n

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Finham Primary School students<\/p><\/div>\n

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4. Planning and developing<\/h3>\n

The students worked in groups to storyboard different sections of the film\u2026<\/p>\n

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Storyboards<\/p><\/div>\n

\u2026and make all the different elements they would need. They used Blu-Tack to make simple joints so that the people could be made to move.<\/p>\n

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Finham Primary School student\u2019s work<\/p><\/div>\n

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Finham Primary School student\u2019s work<\/p><\/div>\n

We used the students\u2019 words to help create a simple script and recorded it.<\/p>\n

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Recording the script<\/p><\/div>\n

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5. Animating<\/h3>\n

We taped the tablet to the table and set up the scene.<\/p>\n

The students used I can animate to bring their ideas to life. They moved their puppets a small amount at a time and took a photo each time.<\/p>\n

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Making the animation<\/p><\/div>\n

The app put them all together to make it look like the balloon was flying. Easy!<\/p>\n

And here\u2019s the final film<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Why not have a go? See Creating a 2D animation for a step-by-step guide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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