What's INSight Kids Spring 2014

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What’s INSight

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Take a Closer Look In addition to the incredible photographs you can discover in the feature exhibition Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2013, how many photographs and moving pictures can you find on your next visit to the Royal BC Museum?

This interesting photograph can be found by the waterwheel in the History gallery. It was taken in Barkerville more than 140 years ago (when photography was still a pretty new invention). Did the photographer capture a picture of a ghost dog on the street?

If it isn’t a ghost, what might have caused the image to look this way?

Try it out! Can you make a ghostly image of yourself?

Just imagine the efforts photographers took to capture a crisp image of the wildlife in the special exhibition. Modern advances in film development, lighting and camera mechanics help photographers avoid blurry photos, but sometimes you’ll even see professional photographers use this blurry technique for an artistic effect. Check out how Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2013 winner Greg du Toit used bluriness to suggest movement.

Greater Victoria Public Library Picks Check out these books about animation, photography and digital art at the Greater Victoria Public Library. Sign up and sign them out today

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Animation

udi Strain

By Trueit, Tr 2009

Digital Art Painting with Pixels

By Miller. Ron 2008

The Kid’s igital D Guide to hy p a r Photog Jenni r,

By Bidne 2004

The Alchemy of Animation

By Hahn, Don 2008

Now that you understand how animation was developed, YOU can make your own.

MATERIALS:

ed together. of paper, stapled or paper-clipp 1 Sticky note pad or a stack make a of paper for your images to You’ll need at least 15 sheets noticeable movement.

2 Pencil 3 Eraser

Instructions: 1 Think of a subject. It’s eas ier to choose a single subjec t, such as dog jumping over a fence. Remem ber that your story should hav e a series of simple steps with a beginning , middle and end.

2 Attach the pieces of paper in a stack with staples or tap e. Draw the first image of your subject on the first page of paper. With the spine of your book on the left (like when you are reading a book) start you r drawing on the bottom, right edge of you r page.

3 Draw your subject again on the next page of your pad of paper. Make sure to draw it near the same spo t as the first, but with small differences.

4 Repeat step three until you feel your story is complete. Rem ember to keep making small changes to eac h drawing to show motion in your subject.

When your flipbook is finishe d, share your story with friends !

Kids’ Club Explores the BC Archives Do you ever wonder how animations were invented? Here’s how it all began.

Animations are made up of a series of still individual pictures.

When they are shown one after another at a fast pace it looks like the characters and landscape on the pictures are in motion.

keep the objects and background looking exactly the same and just have the characters move.

The idea of animation has been familiar to people for (several) thousands of years. There is evidence of early humans drawing animals on cave walls with multiple legs, which may have been a method to show motion, or action, in their artwork.

The animation process continues to advance as technology progresses. Today some animators like to use computers to animate entire films and create special effects. Next time you’re watching a film, try to guess which ones are hand drawn and which might be computer animated.

In the early 1900s, pioneers of animation would draw each individual picture with a small change to each one. Imagine how long it would take to draw an hour-long film that showed 24 images each second! Soon enough, celluloid film, a seethrough flexible paper, was invented. Animators could then

Last month Kids’ Club explored the history of moving pictures with the BC Archives. There’s a wide range of early and modern film and cool contraptions within the collection, including flip books and a zoetrope. Come and explore the BC Archives to discover more!

Kids’ Club discovers moving pictures with Dennis in the BC Archives

If you could go anywhere and do anything, what would you take a photo or video of? Draw it below.

Can you find the words in bold?

B Z H R L B R C U R F F L B R

Plan your next visit to the Royal BC Museum

E B A Y V L F Z P O L E V E D

royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/events

C J G W A M J F Y A W X D W Q G O S Y D U H T S C U N W N O N R M H U B J H P I I P H X P T J J P L Q U S R F T G Q X C I C J I O A G R W T G H G H V C S Q D N S L E N S S I F C S D P V I H K I T U M B R N V O T M I Y E V I T A G E N F T F P Q V D R D B U I K F T Y V V E X O J W D A H H O F B R O D K I R V H D E S T W N X X W R D O D G E Q T G D P E H P U G J M Y N S N C T I V S F B H M Composition An artistic arrangement.

Viewfinder A viewing device on a camera to show the subject area that will be recorded on film.

Negative An image in which the lightest areas of the photographed subject appear darkest and the darkest areas appear lightest.

Burn A technique used when developing photographs to darken a part of an image.

Shutter Blades, a curtain, plate or some other movable cover in a camera that controls the time during which light reaches the film.

Lens One or more pieces of optical glass or similar material designed to collect and focus rays of light to form a sharp image on film, paper, or projection screen.

Develop A process that uses emulsions containing silver halides to imprint image on film.

Flash A brief bright light.

Dodge A technique used when developing photographs to lighten part of an image.

Kids’ Club Afternoon Exploration Every Wednesday, 4 – 5 pm Free | Registration required | Members Only

April Fool’s Scavenger Hunt March 28 – April 1, 10 am – 5 pm Included with admission and membership No registration required Don’t let the Royal BC Museum dupe you. To mark the occasion, our staff will place unusual objects alongside artifacts and specimens in the exhibitions throughout the galleries.

South Vancouver Island Regional Heritage Fair May 2, 10 am – 2 pm Clifford Carl Hall Free An exhibition of student work (grades four to 10) on a Canadian theme. Students tell stories about Canadian people, events, buildings and places.

Kids’ Club Morning Exploration May 11, 9 – 11 am Members Only | No registration required Before the museum opens, join us for an adventurous Kids’ Club event as we explore Beacon Hill Park.

Wonder Sunday: Museums May 25, 1 – 3 pm Included with admission and membership No registration required We wonder what it takes to make a museum. Join us as we create our 2nd annual Wonder Sunday MiniMuseum. You make, you describe, you display.

APRIL FOOL’S SCAVENGER HUNT March 28 – April 1, 10 am – 5 pm No registration required Included with admission and membership

FEATURE EXHIBITION: VIKINGS Opens May 16

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Did you find all of the animals on the cover?

Draw the types of homes you think these animals would live in.

Summe r 2014

What’s INSight

You Could Be the Next Designer of the What’s INSight Kids Magazine Cover Next month’s theme is Vikings. Visit royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/vikings for inspiration.

Submit your cover by May 19, 2014 to the Box Office on your next visit or mail it to 675 Belleville Street Victoria, BC V8W 9W2