Animate Your Imagination: Global Storytelling Adventure

12th Grade Project 4 weeks

Animate Your Imagination: Global Storytelling Adventure

Michael T

Collaboration

Effective Communication

Content Expertise

Critical Thinking & Problem Solving

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Purpose

Your project will transform your original script into a captivating animation, fostering collaboration and creative engagement with peers and friends. By combining storytelling with animation, you will explore effective communication strategies and enhance your content expertise through practical application. This project will help you develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills as you navigate the complexities of animation production, ensuring your story maintains its emotional impact and narrative integrity.

Learning goals

Animate your original script, gaining proficiency in animation software while integrating voice acting, audio splicing, and special effects. Collaborate with your peers to develop transferable skills in teamwork and leadership through shared decision-making and conflict resolution. Hone your communication abilities by presenting your animation, reflecting on feedback, and adapting your work accordingly. Apply critical thinking to creatively solve problems arising during the transformation of written work into a visual medium.

Competencies

Collaboration - Students co-design projects with peers, exercise shared-decision making, strengthen relational agency, resolve conflict, and assume leadership roles.
Effective Communication - Students practice listening to understand, communicating with empathy, and share their learning through exhibiting, presenting and reflecting on their work.
Content Expertise - Students develop key competencies, skills, and dispositions with ample opportunities to apply knowledge and engage in work that matters to them.
Critical Thinking & Problem Solving - Students consider a variety of innovative approaches to address and understand complex questions that are authentic and important to their communities.

Products

Throughout your project, create a series of concept art and storyboards that depict the evolution of your original script into animation. Produce a dynamic animation combining voice acting, music, and special effects, which will be showcased in a classroom exhibition. Collaborate with your peers to finalize character designs and artwork styles, reflecting the story's emotional depth. Present snippets and trailers for critique, incorporating feedback to refine the animation's quality and impact. The culmination of your efforts will be a fully casted animation that embodies your narrative vision and connects audiences globally.

Launch

Begin your project by hosting a storyboard workshop where you and your team can brainstorm and visualize key sequences from your script. Set up collaborative online sessions with your friends acting as community partners to sketch initial concept art and develop early ideas for animation style, character design, and setting details. Discuss your visions, share inspirations, and document the outcomes to ensure everyone has a unified understanding of your project's direction.

Exhibition

Collaborate with your friend to organize a dynamic showcase of your animation in a school classroom using a projector. Enhance the exhibition experience by creating a welcoming environment where viewers can offer feedback and engage in discussions about your creative process. Prepare a brief presentation to accompany the showing, highlighting key elements like character design, voice acting choices, and special effects integration. Consider inviting school faculty and classmates to provide diverse perspectives and celebrate the effort and passion poured into your project.

Rubric

Competency Progression Rubric Competency-first rubric

Category	Learning Goal	Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Stage 4
Deeper Learning Competencies	Collaboration	I can actively participate in brainstorming sessions by sharing my ideas and listening to others, helping to build shared goals for our animation project I can contribute to group discussions with enthusiasm, ensuring everyone in the team understands their role and supports one another.	I can participate in group discussions by sharing my ideas and considering my peers' suggestions, helping to set shared goals for our animation project I work with my team to define our roles and start planning how we will create a cohesive project together.	I can effectively contribute to group discussions by proposing innovative ideas and inspiring my peers, respecting diverse perspectives to establish a shared vision for our animation project I am proactive in facilitating teamwork, ensuring each member's strengths are recognized and leveraged to create a cohesive final piece I clearly communicate my contributions and roles, helping resolve any project challenges collaboratively by considering multiple viewpoints and reaching consensus.	I can lead my team in creating an animation by actively contributing ideas during meetings, listening to my peers, and incorporating their feedback I effectively facilitate discussions to develop a shared vision and resolve conflicts, ensuring everyone is engaged and aligned with our project's goals.
Deeper Learning Competencies	Effective Communication	I can confidently present my script and animation ideas during the virtual meeting, clearly expressing my vision and engaging in productive brainstorming with my peers I actively listen and contribute to discussions, ensuring that everyone understands the goals and roles for this project.	I can effectively share my ideas and listen to my peers' feedback during meetings, using their input to make improvements to our animation project I consistently communicate my thoughts with clarity and empathy when collaborating with my team, ensuring our shared goals are clearly understood and enhanced through our discussions.	I can confidently share and express my ideas during our virtual meeting, actively listening to my peers and responding thoughtfully to their input I effectively present my creative choices in our project discussions and engage in meaningful exchanges during feedback sessions to enhance our collaborative animation project.	I can articulate my ideas clearly and confidently across various platforms, ensuring everyone understands my vision and contributions to the animation project I actively engage in discussions by listening thoughtfully to peers, providing constructive feedback, and incorporating diverse perspectives to elevate our collaborative work I present my work effectively, showcasing each stage of my creative process and learning journey to the audience during exhibitions and Q&A sessions.
Deeper Learning Competencies	Content Expertise	I can create a polished and innovative animation that integrates my original script with carefully chosen voice acting, audio effects, and music, demonstrating my developed expertise in these areas I show my understanding by producing detailed concept art and well-crafted trailers that capture the essence of my animation, ensuring emotional impact and narrative integrity.	I can develop segments of my animation using my original script and apply basic voice acting, audio effects, and music While my animation shows consistency with the script, there are areas where I continue to refine the use of special effects and story alignment I document my progress through reflective journals, sharing my choices and acknowledging areas for improvement.	I can create high-quality concept art and trailers that effectively represent my script's characters and scenes, showcasing my understanding of animation and my attention to detail I ensure my animation integrates voice acting, audio effects, and music to enhance the narrative and technical proficiency of my work I reflect on feedback and continuously improve my project by strategically applying artistic and technical knowledge to maintain the narrative integrity of my original script.	I can expertly create and present a captivating animation that brings my script to life, maintaining the narrative's emotional depth through thoughtful artistic choices I apply my skills in voice acting, audio splicing, and special effects to issue an engaging and technically proficient final product My work showcases a deep understanding of animation principles and includes insightful reflections on the creative process.
Deeper Learning Competencies	Critical Thinking & Problem Solving	I can identify and address complex challenges by exploring various innovative approaches to maintain the emotional impact of my story in the animated format I effectively collaborate with my peers to generate ideas and solutions, ensuring our project aligns with community interests and contributes to the authentic development of our collective animation vision.	I can identify and discuss potential challenges in making my animated project, offering basic solutions and adapting some of my strategies to keep my story's emotional impact strong while collaborating with my peers.	I can explore different artistic choices and techniques to overcome challenges in maintaining the emotional impact of my story in animation I thoughtfully evaluate feedback and reflect on my decision-making process to ensure it aligns with the project's goals.	I can effectively address challenges and creatively solve complex problems to ensure my animation maintains its emotional impact I thoughtfully apply innovative techniques in voice acting, audio effects, and visual storytelling, experimenting with diverse approaches until I achieve the desired artistic and narrative outcomes.

Learning Journey

Empathize

You will conduct interviews with peers, reflect on shared narratives and emotional themes, and gather insights to deepen the understanding of your original script's potential impact as an animation.

Days 1 - 3