These resources are available to those participating in digiSTORY KC’s 20-lesson online curriculum for stop-motion animation. You can find the resources you need for each lesson on this web page.

Downloadable Student Resources

Find the document or resource you need for your current lesson by going to the specific lesson listed below and locating the resource needed.  Click on the Download button to access the file you need.  Note: One asterisk * indicates that the resource is needed for your individual skill practice or activity.  Two asterisks ** indicates that the resource is needed for your story team’s activity.

UNIT ONE: WHAT IS ANIMATION?

Lesson 1: Making Pictures Move

*Thaumatrope Activity: Bird & Cage CutoutsDownload
*FlipbookSetDownload
*Flipbook Front CoverDownload
*Flipbook Back CoverDownload
Persistence of Vision LessonDownload
SomethingExtra: Lesson1Download

Lesson 2: Story Structure

The digiSTORYModelDownload
Story StartersDownload
*8-Frame digiSTORY Prompt TemplateDownload
**Stop-Motion Team ProjectDownload
Successful StoriesDownload
Something Extra: Lesson2Download

Lesson 3: Storyboarding

*Skills Practice Lesson 3Download
Effective Story Collaboration SkillsDownload
Something Extra Lesson 3Download

Lesson 4: Scriptwriting

digiSTORY KC’s Script Template (Microsoft Word template)Download
Blank Standard Script TemplateDownload
Mean Little Pigs ScriptDownload
Unformated “Picnic” ScriptDownload

*Skills Practice: Lesson 4

*Skills Practice Lesson 4Download
**Script Team Activity Lesson 4Download
Something Extra Lesson 4Download

Lesson 5: Animatics

*Skills Practice Lesson 5Download
**Team Activity Lesson 5Download
Something Extra Lesson 5Download

UNIT THREE: UNDERSTANDING PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY

Lesson 6: Stop-Motion Animation Technology

*Skills Practice: Lesson 6

Something Extra: Lesson 6

Lesson 7: Audio Recording & Editing

*Skills Practice: Lesson 7

Page 2 of Mean Little Pigs Script

**Team Activity: Lesson 7

Something Extra: Lesson 7

Lesson 8: Character & Prop Development

Characters Are Made of Shapes

Wolf Model Sheet

*Skills Practice: Lesson 8

Character Worksheet

**Scenery Team Activity: Lesson 8

**Props Team Activity: Lesson 8

Something Extra: Lesson 8

Lesson 9: Movement & Expression

8-Stage Walk Cycle

Expression Chart

*Skills Practice: Lesson 9

Something Extra: Lesson 9

Lesson 10: Image Recording & Editing

*Skills Practice: Lesson 10

Something Extra: Lesson 10

Lesson 11: Photo Composition & Camera Angles

*Skills Practice: Lesson 11

**Team Activity: Lesson 11

**Lesson 11Team Activity Prompts

Something Extra: Lesson 11

Lesson 12: Production Techniques for Stop-Motion

Parallel Parking Pixilation Script

*Skills Practice: Lesson 12

Something Extra: Lesson 12

Lesson 13: Importing Images & Video

*Skills Practice: Lesson 13

**Team Activity: Lesson 13

Something Extra: Lesson 13

UNIT FOUR: PRODUCING YOUR PROJECT IN ZU3D

Lesson 14: Project Editing

*Skills Practice: Lesson 14

**Team Activity: Lesson 14

Something Extra: Lesson 14

Lesson 15: Green Screen (Chroma Key) Technology

*Skills Practice: Lesson 15

Something Extra: Lesson 15

Lesson 16: Using the Design Tool

*Skills Practice: Lesson 16

Something Extra: Lesson 16

Lesson 17: Adding Titles & Credits

*Skills Practice: Lesson 17

**Team Activity: Lesson 17

Something Extra: Lesson 17

Lesson 18: Rendering Video Files & Publishing Online

*Skills Practice: Lesson 18

**Team Activity: Lesson 18

Something Extra: Lesson 18

Lesson 19: File Storage Media

*Skills Practice: Lesson 19

Something Extra: Lesson 19

Lesson 20: Careers in Digital Media Production

*Skills Practice: Lesson 20

Something Extra: Lesson 20