Make animations

1. How to Make an Animation Out of Collage Figures

   Instructions

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   Cut out the bottom section of the mouth and chin of the face with the craft knife. Place the cutout figure on a colored background and glue in place. Color the hole left by cutting out the mouth with a black marker.
   
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   Set up your digital camera on a tripod and tilt the base so that the camera is facing directly down. Place the collage under the camera. You may need to pull some lamps close by the collage to ensure that there is enough light. Turn off the flash function of your camera. Check to see that the collage picture is fully in frame and in focus. Adjust the height and position of the camera if this is not the case.
   
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   Place the mouth of the face back on the collage. Use the camera's remote control to snap a picture. Use a chopstick to move the mouth down a centimeter and snap another picture. Move the mouth down another centimeter and snap another picture. Move the mouth down once more another centimeter and take a picture. Now, begin moving the mouth up a centimeter and take a picture each time. This series of movements can be used in its entirety for each time you need to animate the mouthing of one syllable.
   
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   Create a wink by taking a small oval off another color copy of the face with the craft knife. Cut out an additional half oval as well.
   
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   Take a picture of the face collage in its normal mouth-closed state. Slide the half oval over the left eye to show the eyelid beginning to close and snap a picture. Remove the half oval and replace with the full oval to show the eye closed and snap a picture. Remove the full oval and replace with the half oval and snap a picture. Remove this and snap another picture of the face. Use this sequence of pictures whenever you want to make the face give a sly wink.
   
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   Upload these pictures into Movie Magic or iMovie. String the first set of mouth pictures together by placing them in order, and save them as an animation file called "Syllable." String the second set of winking pictures together in order as an animation file and label them as "Wink." You can create animation files by opening picture files in iMovie or Movie Magic, and you will be given an option to import these images and animation frames.
   
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   Create words or sentences by recording a voiceover track with your microphone within iMovie or Movie Magic. Drag the syllable clips above the track that contains the audio waves of your voiceover and string these together to create an animation of talking. You can drag the clip of the winking in and add it at the end of a sentence or after a punchline. Save the file as an AVI or Quicktime movie file and share it with your friends