A Tour of Clay

Yesterday, at our claymation camp, we started to get down to work on coming up with ideas for the movies (built around the concept of fractured fairy tales) and the students started to make their clay characters. Today will be a jam-packed day of writings scripts and filming scenes. Tomorrow is the last day (already!) and we have invited family to come in and see what we have created.

At the end of class yesterday, I filmed this:

Peace (in clay),
Kevin

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#1 written by darkstar11
about 3 years ago

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Hey Kevin, I really appreciated the little movie of the clay people.It’s been a blast watching them come to life…T

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A Tour of Clay

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Bringing Kids into the World of Stopmotion

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The Claymation Project: Tolerance

Another Insider Look at Clay Camp

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Claymation in the Classroom, part three

Claymation in the Classroom, part two

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