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Building Renbrook, Slow Motion Video, Stop Motion Cartooning
The senior campers have done a great job working to build the Renbrook campus within Minecraft. While we won’t complete the whole campus this session, I have enjoyed watching the campers work to create the map with their own creative twists and interpretations. Seeing them figure out how to recreate visual details within the cubic constraints of Minecraft has been interesting, and I’m so pleased with what they’ve developed. (I will figure out how to post the playable file for the campers to use at home at the end of session 2.) The session two campers will continue the work of these session one senior campers.
Challenge campers have focused on high-speed, slow motion video. They have filmed many scenes of video at 240, 480, or 1,000 frames of video per second. (Normal video is 30 frames per second – or FPS – so when played back, one second of video shot at 240 FPS becomes eight seconds long, one second of 480 FPS video becomes 16 seconds, and one second of 1,000 video becomes 33 seconds long.) Rather than uploading individual videos, I am stitching the videos into a single video that you will be able to access here.
https://vimeo.com/70185305
Free Choice campers this week have worked to make their own cartoons using stop motion animation software. By drawing images on dry erase boards and photographing them before making small changes, the campers have created some impressive cartoons. Click on the Camper Creations link to access the campers’ creations.
Posted in Renbrook Summer Adventure|By Jon Moss
July 2, 2013
RSA’13 Is Off and Running!
Welcome back to another wonderful summer at Renbrook Summer Adventure! I was sad to miss the first week of camp (I work in one of the school districts that ran quite late this year.) but I am so glad to be back! Our senior technology campers are focusing on Minecraft this session. Last year, many of the campers managed to get Minecraft installed on our computers, and after much effort, they managed to convince me of its value. This summer, Renbrook has purchased licenses for our lab, and we have our own Minecraft server running. Our campers are building a collaborative Minecraft map that takes players on a tour of the Renbrook campus. In order to learn the size, layout, and scale of campus landmarks, we are using aerial photography from Google Maps (BORING!) and – of much more interest to the campers – footage filmed onboard remote control helicopters. We just set them up yesterday and have enjoyed working with them so far.
Posted in Renbrook Summer Adventure|By Jon Moss