Director: Patrick Jenkins
Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre. 1993. To rent: $30
To buy video and study guide: $100
Length: 12 minutes
Audience: Elementary
Topics: animation
This short and simple production animates a number of flip books to show how a series of sequential still images, when moved at a certain rate, can become films. Each flip book is shown twice: once as a book held within a child's hand and then flipped. The second time around, the camera focuses close-up on just the images. Accompanied by an evocative sound track, drawings turn into movies! The examples shown will be helpful in motivating children to create their own flip books. (For more detailed instructions, see Animation for Kids.)
The Flip Book can be ordered from the Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre at:
Suite 220, 37 Hanna Ave.
Toronto, ON M6K 1W8
Tel: (416) 588-0725
Fax: (416) 588-7956
Email: cfmdc@interlog.com
