The Teachers' Animation Toolkit

2.2 Exploring Genre 
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Worksheet: Exploring Genre 
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Handout: Genres 
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Worksheet: Genre Translation 
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Worksheet: Genre and Character Design 
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2.3 Music and Animation 
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Worksheet: Music and Imagery in 
Peter and the Wolf 
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Worksheet: Understanding Leitmotiv in 
Peter and the Wolf 
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Worksheet: Compose a 15-Second Leitmotiv 
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2.4 Storytelling 
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Worksheet: Story Writing 
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Worksheet: Analysing Story Structure 
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Worksheet: Storytelling with a Video Camera 
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Worksheet: Script Writing for Animation 
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Handout: The Headless Smuggler Script Example 
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Worksheet: Storyboarding 
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Worksheet: Storyboarding an Animated Haiku 
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PART THREE: ANIMATION STYLES 
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3.1 Pixilation 
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Worksheet: Animated Portraits 
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Worksheet: Animation in the Landscape 
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Worksheet: Talking Objects 
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3.2 Plasticine Model Animation 
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Worksheet: Metamorphosis 
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Worksheet: Two Characters 
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3.3 Cut Out Animation 
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Worksheet: Cut-Out Figures 
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3.4 Shadow Puppetry 
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Worksheet: Shadow Puppet Animation 
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3.5 Drawn Animation 
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Worksheet: Simple Movement Cycles 
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Worksheet: Drawing Key Frames and Inbetweens 
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Worksheet: Lip Sync 
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Worksheet: Digital Drawn Animation 
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3.6 Machinima 
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Worksheet: Making Machinima in Second Life 
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Worksheet: Using Crazy Talk 
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Worksheet: Using Moviestorm for Machinima 
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