[Edu-sig] slashdot: Teaching Primary School Students Programming?

[Arthur]

kirby urner wrote:

> On 8/28/06, ajsiegel at optonline.net <ajsiegel at optonline.net> wrote:
>
>> Cynical Arthur would welcome the ability to exercise his imagination 
>> in the
>> creation of animated cartoons that expressed his imagination, by way of
>> computer technology.
>
>
> Good.  Cynical Kirby looks forward to viewing some of Cynical Arthur's 
> cartoons.

Well this field is not totally unknown to Silly Arthur, who has a small 
repetoire of claymations and other animations that one can accomplish by 
single framing with a movie camera (Bolex 8mm, tool of choice).  In the 
can, as we filmmakers say.

And I have been collecting random vintage 16mm footage over the years - 
home movies, etc. from garage sales, antique stores, and such.  The 
master plan is to find a way to economically and adequately digitize 
what I have (telecine is the general term for the technology) and then 
go play - recognizing the considerable advantage of digital editing over 
cut and splicing.  Technology might also come into play in doing some 
offbeat colorization of black and white footage, and even perhaps 
exploring some of the technology available to 3d-ize still images.  
Soundtrack sync, of course.  Perhaps even soundtrack production.

A point is that if the point is to get imaginations exercised and 
realized in this general realm, for children particularly, purely 
digital, synthetic production is way, way the long way around.  More an 
excuse not to do it, than an avenue towards doing it.

Art