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For this task, you will be creating a comic strip using the characters and symbols commonly found in mathematics and english. You should design different characters based on some of the following symbols: Start by choosing eight different characters i.e. four from the Maths symbols and four from the English punctuation marks. Divide an A4 page into eight boxes by folding three times and design a character for each box. Write down the characteristics of the character i.e. Angry, aggressive, calm, boring, excitable, intellectual, sporty, etc. Now you should tell a six box comic strip story about some of your characters. For example, what happend when the division sign bumped into the exclamation mark? Look at some of the Mister Men series to get simple story lines/narratives or choose a story about: love, friendship, bullying, optimism, fear, embarrassment, etc. Here are some simple comic strip ideas:
An interesting way to get pupils to understand key points or story lines of a book or play is to get them to create dramatic interpretations from the original text. By limiting them to creating scenes through silhouette photographs. The use of silhouettes was a common Victorian artistic method and the following photographs from the US from the early 1900s show how amateur photographers used them to create stories. Preparation Teachers could prepare a number of key extracts from the book/play that have strong descriptive vocabulary and a sense of action. Tasks A quick research tasks for pupils could be to find as many images and illustrative examples of the play from the Internet to build up a visual picture that can be used as reference and displayed in the classroom. Pupils should also be able to identify key characters, scenary and the context within the story I.e mise en scene. This should assist them in staging and photographing their dramatic moments as silhouettes. They should plan for: - poses and still action shots of scene(over dramatic as opposed to subtle) - costumes or props - background scenery if applicable Set Up A simple white backdrop and with diffused lights shone onto it should provide a good backlit scene to photograph. Pupils can then pose in front of it and will appear as silhouettes provided they are not in front of the lights. Artist Reference Lotte Reiniger is an animator from the early 1900s and worth looking at. Kara Walker makes silhouette and collages about slavery and racism. You can reference early Victorian silhouette portraits to give a context. Extension
This project could involve pupils creating collages that could be placed on acetate and projected onto a larger surface and traced for a permanent display. Or, like Kara Walker, a temporary installation could be created using an OHP. If facilities allow, the silhouettes couldl be animated using iStop Motion and made into short clips. Otherwise, simple gif animations might be an option. |
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