ABC+Animation+Club

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In January 2011, the ABC Animation Club started meeting on Thursdays afternoons at the LRC. The Animation Club is one of the most innovative extra-curricular activities available in school. Students have undertook a series of progressive, hands-on experiments to explore the optical illusion known as 'persistence of vision', the main principle behind all animations.

Through the use of many different types of materials, students have made personal, short films which explore the limitless possibilities of the world of animation. They have made their own phenakistoscopes, flipbooks, stamp animations, clay animations, paper cut-out animations, sand animations and have even starred themselves in some pixillation shorts around the school campus. The students have familiarised themselves with the production techniques required for such a time-consuming but rewarding medium.

In the future we look towards working on longer group projects that require more than 3 sessions to complete. These group activities will make the Animation Club Students dedicate a longer period of time to focus directly on some of the principles of character animation, like anticipation, smooth, motion-line arcs and the expression of mood through various tempos of animation.