The Teachers' Animation Toolkit

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SPINDLE VIEWER TEMPLATE: 10 DRAWINGS

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SPINDLE VIEWER TEMPLATE: 12 DRAWINGS

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The following section lists a wide range of key terms and 
expressions that you will use, and want your students to use, in the 
creation of your projects and in viewing fi lm examples.
Angle:
The angle at which you place the camera to emphasize an event, 
expression and interaction of characters. You can use high angles 
and low angles in extreme and more subtle ways. Watch the 
recently made 
Peter and the Wolf
to get some useful examples of 
this technique.
Animation:
This is the process of creating movement to communicate 
the essence of an object or creature or situation. Animation 
transforms reality. Animation can more or less attempt to copy 
and mimic reality or to create something that departs from 
reality. Very good examples of animation mimicking reality are 
the fi lms of the Disney studio such as 
Bambi
and 
The Lion King
. 
A more abstract example of animation would be a fi lm such 
as 
Neighbours
, directed by Norman McLaren. 
Bambi
is a fi lm 
for young people about a young deer growing up in a forest. 
Neighbours
is an allegory for the human capacity for violence. 
Bambi
is an example of hand-drawn / hand-painted animation. 
Neighbours
is a live action fi lm in which the human performers 
have been animated.
Broadcast:
Televised programming to people’s homes. Broadcast TV has a 
long history of programming animation in various forms, ranging 
from 
The Flintstones
to 
Bagpuss
to 
Wallace and Gromit
to the 
very recent 
Peter and the Wolf
.
Budget:
This is a detailed overview of the cost of resources and hours in 
the creation of a project. The budget should be informed by the