Cartooning

Cartooning affords opportunities for the student who likes to doodle, has a sense of humor, and would like to utilize his or her imagination. Students will create single panel cartoons, caricatures, editorials, and comic book characters. Students will also create sequences through video stop action, claymation, and computer graphics.
            

               

First Quarter   Projects –Cartoons                                            

 

1.       Stylization-facial features     

2.       Inanimate Objects            

3.       Role Reversal               

4.       Old vs New                             

5.       Caricatures (famous, friend) 

6.       Political editorial

 

 

   Projects-Animation

1.     Flip Book
2.     Computer flip book
3.     Thamatrope

Second Quarter –Cartoons 

1.       Clichés                           

2.       Super hero- American     

3.       Animae-Manga           

4.      Commercial Product    

 

  Projects- Animation

1.    Stop Motion
2.     Claymation

 

 

              

      

 

                Grades will be based on:

 

Projects

Weekly evaluation & time on task

Participation

Quizzes- vocabulary, concepts etc.

Exam or exam project

 

 

 

   Project grades will be based on:

 

   Understanding and applying media and techniques

Craftsmanship

Complexity of project

Creativity and originality

 

 

 

                  Weekly evaluation will be based on:

 

   Time on task

Effort and cooperation

Care of materials and equipment  

 

 

 

         Absences:

 

                   If you have an excused absence, it is your responsibility to complete and turn in that

                   Assignment. The time given to complete make-up work will be as per school policy.                                                   

 

 

                      

                     Classroom Procedures

                    Please be in the classroom before the bell rings

          Please no food or beverages in class

     Room must be kept clean and in order before dismissal
     Students will respect each other’s work and materials

     All safety rules must be followed