Remember that A-ha video clip where the band turns into cartoon characters singing their song "Take on me"?
Well, if you're not as old as I am, here is the video which had us dancing in the late 80's.
I never imagined I could use that kind of effect so easily in videos I record with an iphone or an ipad. All you have to do is download the FREE APP Cartoonatic, choose a video from your device OR use the app to record a video . There are various effects you can choose ( the video below was done using "Pencil Jetty").
After recording the video, it says you can share it via facebook, twitter, e-mail or send it to YOUTUBE. However, I tried exporting from within the app but it didn't work. So, I saved it to my ipad gallery and from there uploaded it to my youtube account.
How can we use this app with students?
- You can record your students roleplaying dialogues they have created and then play the cartoonized version for the whole class in youtube later on. - You can record students miming actions and then play the video for the class to guess what they were miming. - You can have students record themselves interviewing each other. - Students can create a story and roleplay it in front of the camera. - Students can create a parody of "Take on Me"and record themselves singing it. - Students can dub the original song "Take on Me" and act just like the video clip.
This Friday, I'll be launching my e-book in Brazil with a cocktail at Cultura Inglesa, the school where I work at and as I was preparing the book launch, I decided to prepare a little cartoon to start up.
My choice was GOANIMATE and I had so much fun. Inspired by Alexandra Francisco's cartoon to present her school, I used my own pictures for the backgrounds. The more I play with GOANIMATE the more I like it.
While checking my subscriptions at youtube I found this wonderful site presented by gigafide. It´s Creaza and its tools: mindomo (which I posted about recently), a movie editor, an audio editor and a cartoon maker.
The activity filmed below aimed to help students internalize the usage of different phrasal verbs focussed in the lesson.
