Monday, April 25, 2022

April 28

**Meet at the Payson Temple at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 28**
Girls wear spring colored dress; boys wear church clothes with a tie.

Opening:

  • Song: Milo
  • Prayer: Talmage
  • Scripture/ Thought: Tommy
  • Treasurer: Emma
  • Pledge: Eva
  • Show n Tell: Garrett
  • Knowledge Share: Hyrum
  • Joke of the Day: Lauren
  • Snack: Marilee (Please bring enough for 16 people)

Read at home: Finish reading Amina's Voice.

Writing:  Write a story in "Write Your own Story".  Come prepared to share your favorite story. You could even incorporate it into the video assignment below...

The Living Christ: Recording this Thursday morning. Please polish your part and be ready to shine!

Oceanography: We will start this in January, but if you would like to learn more and earn more Vanbucks you can research something in the oceans.  Then draw a picture or write about what you learned.  Bring it to class to share.  There are so many interesting and amazing things to learn!

VIDEO ASSIGNMENT

Hey guys! It's me, Marilee! This week we're going to be learning how to do two different video edits. First, a simple video transition and second, how to do smooth edits from short clips to make a storytelling video.

For your homework you're just going to follow the steps below and bring your tablet to class with you. It needs to have CapCut downloaded AND all your video clips already on your device. Here are your instructions:


1. Download CapCut to your device


First, we're going to do a jumping transition video. 

Here is an example:


*You get the idea, you'll start out wearing a certain type of clothing -- maybe it's your pj's and messy hair like the little girls, or maybe you'll just not look ready for the day. Be as creative as you want. 

*Choose a spot that you can stand in (you'll need to stand in the exact spot later so make sure you can remember exactly where you stood). Set up your camera in a spot where you can film yourself. The camera will also need to stay in the exact spot so keep that in mind.

*Record yourself in your "messy clothes" -- move around, make faces, dance like a crazy person, don't just stand there. After moving around for a bit jump in place. End the video. Don't worry about the fact that you're recording extra stuff (like you walking up to the camera to stop the video), that will be edited out later. :D 

*Now you're going to change into what you want to wear. Do you want to dress up in your favorite outfit? Wear tons of accessories? Put on a halloween costume, a sports uniform, a fancy dress ... whatever you want! Once you are changed stand in the exact same spot and start with a JUMP and then keep moving, dancing, moving, waving, whatever you want. Then stop the video!

*Bring those TWO clips AND Capcut downloaded onto your device to class. I'll teach you how to add music, special effects and edit it together to make a smooth transition. 

THINGS to keep in mind: Getting your camera in a steady spot with a good angle. You can't move the camera and you don't want it to fall over. Also, think of lighting. If you do it outside the light can change, if you do it inside you can control the light a little more. 


Second, a short storytelling video. 

Here are three examples -- you can see how even though they are all telling a very different story they are all made up of short moving clips to tell a story. 





For this next assignment we're going to do a video all about YOU. This is more like a mini vlog than all about transitions. You are going to be taking 10 video clips, no more than 10 seconds each (we'll be editing them shorter). You could be baking something and you'll take a few video clips of the whole process. You could be making a craft and take some clips of the process from beginning to end. You could even just take 10 different clips of your house -- your room, you and your siblings, your favorite books, just stuff that's all about you. **As you take these clips include movement. Pan your camera along your bookshelf, or start up high and move closer to the recipe you are making. Movement will be much more interesting than still clips. 
Once you have 10 short videos that tell a story bring them to class and I'll teach you how to stitch them together and add music to make a fun little vlog all about you. 

That's it! Text my mom if you have questions! :D 

Thursday, April 14, 2022

April 21

Opening:

  • Song: Marilee
  • Prayer: Milo
  • Scripture/ Thought: Talmage
  • Treasurer: Tommy
  • Pledge: Emma
  • Show n Tell: Eva
  • Knowledge Share: Garrett
  • Joke of the Day: Hyrum
  • Snack: Lauren (Please bring enough for 16 people)

Read at home: Read to page 147 (through chapter 19) of Amina's Voice.

Writing:  In "Write Your own Story" work on pages 00000.  We will be sharing our stories on Leadership week.

The Living Christ: Filming on thursday. Good luck on your parts.

Oceanography: If you would like to learn more and earn more Vanbucks you can research something in the oceans.  Then draw a picture or write about what you learned.  Bring it to class to share.  There are so many interesting and amazing things to learn!

Imaginative Arts:


This week we are making flip book animations. Sister Fontano gave you supplies last week. I will attach a few videos to watch about animation and flip books. Have fun with it this week. You should have enough sheets to create a couple seconds worth of animation. Typical movies - both live action and animated - are filmed and shown at 24 frames per second. This means that every second of a movie you see 24 different still images. For a live action movie the camera takes 24 photographs in a second. Those images don't actually move, but when we view them quickly- 24 of them each second- our brain recognizes the difference between the pictures as movement. This is why we call them "Motion Pictures" or  "MOVIES" - because they look like they are "MOVING". For an animated movie the pictures are drawn and photographed instead of photographing live actors. This means that an animated movie like The Princess and The Frog from 2009 (Disney's last hand drawn animated film)  which was 93 minutes long- is made up of over 133,920 drawings.  So if you draw 50 pictures for your flip book it will be just a few seconds worth of a story. 

With that in mind we aren't trying to tell a huge story. You don't have that much time. For your flip book consider making a ball move around the page, or a stick fall over or a face blink and smile- something simple. Small adjustments will make your drawings "move" slowly. Big adjustments will make them "move" faster.

 You will see in the videos linked below that the artist uses a light board to help him see his previous drawings underneath the page he is drawing on. If you don't have a light board you can try drawing on a window on a sunny day. Notecards might be hard to see through. If you can't see through them it's okay, do your best and have fun with it.

Video Links:

How To Make a Flip Book 

Flip Books Andy Made as a Kid

Some of Andy's Favorite Flip books

A Slime Flip Book

Andymation has many amazing videos- These are some good ones to get you started.


Here's some animations I have done.

The Ketchup movie- By Me(Jay Fontano)

The Adventures of Rob Stickman


Thursday, April 7, 2022

2021-2022 April 14

**Meet at the Payson Temple at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 14**
Girls wear spring colored dress; boys wear church clothes with a tie.

Opening:

  • Song: Lauren
  • Prayer: Marilee
  • Scripture/ Thought: Milo
  • Treasurer: Talmage
  • Pledge: Tommy
  • Show n Tell: Emma
  • Knowledge Share: Eva
  • Joke of the Day: Garrett
  • Snack: Hyrum (Please bring enough for 16 people)

Read at home: Read to page 97 (through chapter 11) in Amina's Voice.

Imagine that you are planning a trip to Pakistan. What things would you want to know? Discover 5 facts about the country that interest you and come prepared to share them with us. You might start with this webpage.

Learn about Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn on pages 238-246 in Courageous Heroes.

Hymn: Memorize the first verse of hymn #6 "Redeemer of Israel."

Writing:  In "Write Your own Story" work on pages 00000.  We will be sharing our stories on Leadership week.

The Living Christ: Perfect your part for our video recording on Thursday. Practice with your siblings and be sure you know the order you speak in. Have someone record you. Listen and watch the recording carefully. Can you understand your words? Are you confidently looking into the camera? Do you sound sincere? Are any of your actions distracting to the message?  

History: Learn about Copernicus and Galileo in Story of the World #2 chapter 37.  

Optional: 

Book Commercials: Come prepared to give a brief teaser for a book that you have read. 

Oceanography: If you would like to learn more and earn more Vanbucks you can research something in the oceans.  Then draw a picture or write about what you learned.  Bring it to class to share.  There are so many interesting and amazing things to learn!