The Teachers' Animation Toolkit

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Ask them to try the following:
Draw a pendulum swing
Draw the path for a swinging pendulum using 7 drawings. Remind 
them that the pendulum swings more slowly at the extents of its 
swing. Ask them to plan how they will show this.
Bouncing ball
Draw the path of action of a bouncing ball in 12 drawings. Again, 
remind them to focus on the changing speed of the ball, and to 
show this in the drawings. Ask them to give the ball some squash 
as it hits the ground. They should draw the key frames fi rst, then the 
inbetweens.
Metamorphosis
Transform one simple object into another and then back again.
Simple movements cycles
(on the companion website) shows 
a range of very simple-drawn exercises to warm up with. They 
were made by a class of 7-year-olds, and explore bounce, additive 
animation and metamorphosis techniques.
Materials:
Thin white A4 paper or tracing paper, soft pencils, hole punch, ring 
binders, 2D animation rostrum, lights, lightbox if available
Resources:
Handouts: Hand-Drawn Animation Standard or 
Widescreen:

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The Teachers’ Animation Toolkit
Video:
 
Simple Movement Cycles:
Drawn Animation
Simple Movement Cycles
A Decent Excuse
Tolerance
Bubbletown
Web-based introduction to drawing cartoons:
http://www.followmecartooning.com/
Films on DVD (Check Amazon for availability):
Fast Spin Fling
by Sandra Ensby of Sherbet Productions
Girls Night Out
by Joanna Quinn
The Snowman
by Varga Films
El Caminante
by Debra Smith of Rhino Films Ltd.
Gertie the Dinosaur
by Winsor McCay
Bambi, Aladdin
et al. by Walt Disney Studio
The Man Who Planted Trees
by Frederic Back
Spirited Away
by Hayao Miyazaki
Drawing Expressions

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Animation Styles