To build Animation Station and offer all of its equipment to schools at a reasonable cost, Bard needed start-up funding. The program was developed and introduced in the fall and will begin traveling to schools this winter and spring. It arrives at a school with a staff introduction and stays for a month. The students then work on their films for two weeks before museum staff returns to help them edit their new movies. The process, however, is what promises the most potential sparks of creativity.
Students begin with a subject and, essentially, animate it.
They then create their own storyboards to document the frames and outline the chronology of the story they want to shoot before turning on the cameras. These frames can also be seen on a monitor, which allows the students to see the film in progress. They can also add titles sound or lighting effects to further tell their story. People can feel comfortable with it. You can animate a bowl of fruit.