8th Grade Claymations

The Iowa Hawkeyes spent 2.5 weeks creating animations. They worked collaboratively (or together as table teams) to think of a plot, make the set, make the characters, and take photos. The way claymation works is by taking photos of clay objects, moving them slightly, then taking another photo. This give the appearance of motion.


Here is the link for the claymation and below are some photos of the students working on them!

Here you see one group member using the iPad to take photos and the other members moving the characters

Claymation Animation Creation

WOW are the words I have to explain the results and process of this project. Mr. Kuebler's 6th grade class had the task of creating a claymation animation. Students needed to create characters out of clay and a set out of paper and anything they kind find in the art room. They then used an ipad to take animate a story. By moving the characters ever so slightly and taking a picture every time, it gives the appearance of movement.

The students did a phenomenal job working together, delegating tasks and compromising. Below are photos of students working. You can follow the link to watch their animations.

6th grade Claymation Animations <---This is the link!

Everyday there was a lot of set up and tear down before filming could even begin.

Here are students with their characters they created from modeling clay

Here are students looking at the photos they take and the video clips they already have. They also had to make sure the ipad (camera) was in the same spot everyday for smooth filming.