Make a hand-drawn flip book that tells a story. Then film yourself flipping through it with a song. Your video gets published on The Hoot.
Requirements
- Use the flip book pad provided in class
- All 90 pages (the front of every sheet)
- Tells a story with a beginning, a middle, and an end
- Has a theme: one big idea your story shows, like friendship, change, or never giving up
- Words, art, or both
- Color on every page
- Use of space: art fills at least half of every page and stays out of the binding edge
- Each page builds on the one before it so the story reads smoothly when flipped
Use of Space
Flip zone
main action here
main action here
binding
- Binding edge: leave it blank. Anything drawn here gets hidden when you flip.
- Flip zone: keep your main action on the side away from the binding. That’s the part your thumb shows best.
- Go big: your art should fill at least half of every page.
Steps
- Pitch: Write 2 to 3 sentences about your story and 1 sentence naming your theme. Sketch the first, middle, and last frames.
- Plan: Fill out the Flip Book Story Planner. Map your story across the pad (beginning on pages 1 to 30, middle on 31 to 60, end on 61 to 90) and sketch your key frames.
- Draft: Pencil every page and test-flip. Fix any jumps.
- Final: Ink and color every page. Erase stray pencil lines.
- Video: Record yourself flipping through the full book with a song playing. Keep the book in frame and in focus the whole time.
- Submit: Turn in your flip book and upload your video to Canvas.
Schedule
| Date | Goal |
|---|---|
| Tue 10/27 | Finish the Story Planner and start your flip book |
| Thu 10/29 | Work day: finish pages 1 to 45 |
| Tue 11/3 | Work day: finish all 90 pages |
| Tue 11/10 | Record your video and submit. Due today. |
Extension
Finished early? Flip the pad over and make a second flip book on the back sides of all 90 sheets. It can continue your story, tell it from another character’s view, or be a brand new story. Film it with its own song.
Examples
Watch how these artists tell a story one page at a time.
Rubric (30 points)
| Category | 5 pts | 3 pts | 0 pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Page Count | All 90 pages | 60 to 89 pages | Fewer than 60 pages |
| Story | All 3: beginning, middle, end | 2 of the 3 | 0 or 1 of the 3 |
| Theme & Depth | All 3: theme written on planner, a character or object that changes from start to end, 1+ added detail beyond the main action (background, sound words, a second character) | 2 of the 3 | 0 or 1 of the 3 |
| Use of Space | Art fills at least half the page and stays out of the binding edge on every page | 1 to 5 pages miss | 6 or more pages miss |
| Craft | All 3: color on every page, 0 smudges or stray lines, 0 jumps when flipped | 2 of the 3 | 0 or 1 of the 3 |
| Video | All 3: full book flipped, song playing, book in focus | 2 of the 3 | 0 or 1 of the 3 |
| Total | 30 points | ||