In this class, students learn how to create their own animation cartoon film through the process called "Rotoscoping", the process of manually altering film footage one frame at a time. Many animated films, old and new, from "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves" to "A Scanner Darkly" and "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse", were all created using rotoscoping effects. 

This class gives students the skills to turn whatever fantastical things they can imagine into reality. 

Live classes will be held once per week, for an hour per session, for three weeks. 

ITINERARY: 

[WEEK 1]
✔️ Introduction & Slideshow
✔️ Students will watch example videos about the traditional animation process.
✔️ Direct Instruction: Students will follow along with the teacher as he shows the process of adding Rotoscoping effects with Flipaclip.
✔️ First Rotoscoping Practice: Students design special effects to any videos that they have with Flipaclip.
      (For example, a learner could make it look like they are shooting lasers out of their eyes.)

[WEEK 2]
✔️	Students are introduced to "Comica Video", which is a special effects program that converts video into a cartoon.
        (Using Comica Video is optional.)
✔️	Students work on turning a video clip into a cartoon with Flipaclip.
        (If they used Comica Video to convert a video, they can improve the animation in Flipaclip.)

[WEEK  3]
✔️Students continue working on turning a video clip into a cartoon with Flipaclip.
✔️ Students can share any animations that they've worked on with the class.

【Materials Needed】
✓ Smartphone or Tablet with Android or iOS (iPad, iPhone)
✓ Flipaclip App Software (For Android or iOS)
   (Or the Bluestacks emulator can be installed on a PC or Mac to run the sotware: https://www.bluestacks.com/download.html)

【Optional】
✓ Comica Video (or some other video effects software): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gr.video.comica&hl=en_US&gl=US

📢 Please install Zoom on the same device as the Flipaclip. That way the instructor will be able to see what the student is doing and be able to help the student if they are having any difficulties. And it makes it much easier for the student to share their videos with the rest of the class.

This is a LIVE class and is NOT pre-recorded.  
This class will be presented via cameras from the instructor. He will have one camera at his face and another will be at the table where he is drawing, so that the student can see the instructor as speaks, and be able to observe step-by-step what the instructor is doing. Students can interact with the instructor, as well ask ask questions during instruction. 

No writing or independent reading is necessary. 
Students are expected to communicate with the teacher. Communication, visuals, and hands-on instruction are all the things that I are important in helping the students get a better understanding of the subject.