There are three phases of creating a film: Pre-production, Production, and Post-production. Each of these phases is necessary to create a complete and high quality movie. Digistars programs provide step by step guides through the production phases that culminate in students having finished their movies.

Pre-production

The pre-production phase contains all the steps of making a movie before filming. This is the most time consuming phase, as stories need to be carefully planned out and written in order to create a film with a beginning, middle and end. The main steps in the pre-production phase include research, script writing, and storyboard creating. 

Production

Once a story is created, students begin the production process.This phase involves the actual filming of the movie. Students can incorporate video, still images, and interviews into their films. This is where acting, recording, text, and sounds are all applied to tell their story.

Post Production

In the post production phase of creating a movie, students edit and wrap up their films. Students flow through the editing process and incorporate all of their footage into a finished movie. 

Digistars courses help your student walk through the production process of creating a film. Digistars offers three movie making programs: Documentary Filmmaking, Stop Motion Animation, and Live Action Filmmaking. Teachers can use our curriculum packages to teach digital storytelling either in the classroom or through remote teaching. Students and parents appreciate our camp-like experiences that they can do at home.

Learn more about Digistars STEAM programs that can help your student use these steps and make a movie.

Using animation in classrooms is an expressive and effective way to introduce information and communication technology to the students. Stop motion animation also enhances the creativity of a student, and it relieves teachers of their tasks by helping them finish quicker. 

There are many benefits of using stop motion videos in our education system. They are great tools for explaining boring and unexciting concepts to students in an entertaining way. Using stop motion animation can make any topic more interesting, and students possibly learn more from this teaching technique.

Stop motion animation is an innovative technology that has made life easier for teachers. Primary school teachers are excessively using stop motion animation in classrooms and trying to avoid dealing with pen and paper writing format. There are many students who find grammar a challenge and always worry about spelling mistakes. Stop motion animation, on the other hand, helps them effortlessly in real-time. It allows them to concentrate on the story instead of technical errors. This technology also enhances communication between teacher and students.

Stop motion animation can be used to teach basic concepts

Students can visually express their innovative ideas. Children have a cute nature of expressing their ideas – they write or draw them on paper in their own way. Stop motion animation can help children turn their ideas into reality.

Teachers often face many challenges when teaching math problems to young students, such as graphs, algebra, addition, and subtraction. It’s challenging yet important to clear their concepts. Using Stop motion animation have made this hassle much easier, both for teachers to teach and for the student to learn. 

Many children find history and other textbook subjects boring. Teachers can make it an exciting one by using stop motion animation because it includes pictures and clips within the teaching process. 

If you are a teacher and find teaching kids a challenge, then consider incorporating stop motion animation into your teaching methods to take the class forward at a whole new level.

Find Digistars’ stop motion animation programs and STEAM courses on our website.http://Digistarworkshop.com

Terror in the Forest by Henry (6th grade) and Kellan (4th grade).

The Hole Story by Anicia, Tatum, and Eleanor (3rd and 4th graders).

The Hunter’s and the Bear by Stella M. (1st grade) and Stella S. (3rd grade).

Looking for something for your kids to do during Thanksgiving break?

Send them to us to make a movie! Day-long claymation camps are open for registration for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, November 23rd, 24th, and 25th. Take advantage of special grand opening pricing on November camps! Sign up now to secure your spot!

New Name, New Studio Location

We are so excited to announce that our program is growing and expanding! You may have noticed the addition of “Digistars” to our name – the better to feature our Digital Stars and their stellar movie making efforts!

Our new studio location is conveniently located just west of the zoo in the City Park neighborhood at 28th Avenue and Race Street. We have been busy moving in and getting it ready to host our first camps next week. Having our own studio will enable us to offer more programming year-round, so keep an eye out for new programs and weekend workshops.

Our vacation day camps allow kids to come for one day or many, and still have the satisfaction of leaving with a finished movie. Camps run 9am-5pm, with extended day options of 8am-6pm to make it easier for working parents. Our new neighbors even offer hot lunch options for only $6 for kids who prefer to buy rather than bring a sack lunch.

Sign up today for camps over Thanksgiving and Winter Breaks!

New Films Posted

If you’re looking for movies from Isabella Bird Community School orPolaris@Ebert, or even from the summer programs, be sure to visit our NEWSpages to view the masterpieces!

See you in the movies!