Leybourne Ss. Peter and Paul CEP Academy - Knowledge Organiser

Computing Unit 4.6 - Year 4

Key Learning Key Vocabulary To discuss what makes a good animated film Animation A process by which still pictures or cartoon. appear to move. To learn how are created by Flipbook A book with pictures drawn in a way hand. that makes them appear to move To find out how 2Animate can be created in a when the pages are flicked. similar way using the computer. Frame A single image in an animation. To learn about onion skinning in animation. Onion A process where the shadow image To add backgrounds and sounds to Skinning of the previous frame is present to animations. help you line up the objects of the To be introduced to ‘’ animation. animation correctly. To share animation on the class display Background A non-moving image that appears board and by blogging. behind the animated images. Play Press this button to make the animation start. Key Images Sound Music or oral effects that can be Open, save and share work added to the animation. Stop motion A technique whereby the camera is Add or delete a frame from the repeatedly stopped and started, for animation. example to give animated figures the Play the animation. impression of movement. Switch onion skinning on or off. Video clip A short piece of film or animation

Add a background picture to the Key Resources animation.

Insert a photograph from a webcam into the animation. Insert a sound file into the

animation. Number of frames in the animation.

Key Questions What is an Animation is the process of giving the illusion of movement to drawings, animation? models, or inanimate objects. Animated motion pictures and television shows are highly popular forms of entertainment. What is meant by Onion skinning is a 2D term for a technique used in creating onion skinning? animated cartoons and editing movies to see several frames at once.

What is meant by Stop motion animation is a filming technique in which objects (such as clay stop frame models) are photographed in a series of slightly different positions so that the animation? objects seem to move.

PURPLE MASH COMPUTING SCHEME OF WORK