MYPB
Art 5 weeks
Due
Date: 7 Feb. 2013
istarts-romans.blogspot.no
Guiding
question:
How
and why do we make moving images?
What
work am I going to cover in this unit?
- Design and Create two motion picture discs.
- Write a DW write-up
- Reflect upon my work
What
skills and concepts do I need to use?
- Drawing
- Material handling (paper, card, scissors, glue, etc.)
- Organizational (keeping track of your sketches, notes, and products.)
Areas
of interaction: Human
Ingenuity
- How have motion pictures developed over history?
- How have they changed history and where are they going?
- How do I fit into this?
About
the Phenakistoscope
Dating
back to 1832, the Phenakistoscope (Fen-a-KIST-o-scope) is probably
the oldest device to produce motion pictures. Oddly enough, the
inventor, Joseph Plateau,was partially blind. Earlier in life he had
stared at the sun for 20 minutes to test out his persistence of
vision. Thesun’s glaring image stayed in his eyes for several weeks
after that, not because of persistence of vision, but because the
bright rays had burned holes in the backs of his eyes! In the months
that followed, his eyesight grew progressively worse, and it was
during this period that he dreamed up his ingenious way of producing
motion pictures.
Making
Your Own Phenakistoscope
Materials
Needed:
scissors
construction
paper or cardstock
glue
a
pencil with an eraser
a
thumbtack or pushpin
a
mirror
Task
You
are living in a world without electricity or photography.
Nonetheless, you are called upon to develop information to be stored
on the disc of the newest animated entertainment craze, the
Phenakistoscope. Make two discs; see how successful your first
disc is, and apply what you learned to making the second disc. You
should experiment with the disc format (size, number of shutter
windows), as well as the content (subject and design of the sequence
cells.)
You
will be assessed in all Arts criteria, A (knowledge and
understanding), B (application-creation), C (reflection), and D
(personal engagement.)
Write-up
Table—The Creative Cycle
- Dates for everything
- Label the work with the appropriate stage of the Creative Cycle
Chapter
|
Criterion
|
||
1
|
Investigate
|
A
|
Describe
your task. Why you chose your designs. Brainstorming
sketches—possible ideas.
|
2
|
Plan
|
A
and
B
|
Time
plan—shows what you did on different days
Steps
to get your product ready.
Awareness
of the due date.
|
3
|
Create
|
B
|
What
you actually did to get your product ready.
Any
problems you came across, how you solved them.
Changes
you made to your plan and why.
|
4
|
Evaluate
|
C
|
Your
feelings about the product
What
you thought about the quality of your product and others.
How
effective your work process was.
How
you would improve next time.
|
Tips:
1.Your
brain sees only a little of what your eyes see.
2.It
is easier to see a moving object when it contrasts with its
background a lot, or when it is very different from its background.
The
fewer cells you have, the bolder your image will be, as each cell
will be larger proportionally. The more cells you have, the more
“flowing” and complex the movement can be. You can use color or
black and white. Try to keep the movement fluid.
Make
at least two discs, two different designs. Your first disc may or may
not be successful. After you test it, you should apply what you
learned to make your second disc more successful.
