Spring 2014

What’s INSight

Let’s Play I Spy!How many insects can you find?

Are there any other animals?

Can you find something that is blue?

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?

AnimationBy Trueit, Trudi Strain

2009Digital Art - Painting with PixelsBy Miller. Ron2008

The Kid’s

Guide to Digital

Photography

By Bidner, Jenni

2004

The Alchemy of AnimationBy Hahn, Don2008

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

Greater Victoria Public Library Picks

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.

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

INSTrUCTIONS:1 Think of a subject. It’s easier to choose a single subject, such as dog jumping over a fence. Remember that your story should have a series of simple steps with a beginning, middle and end. 2 Attach the pieces of paper in a stack with staples or tape. 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 your drawing on the bottom, right edge of your page.

3 Draw your subject again on the next page of your pad of paper. Make sure to draw it near the same spot as the first, but with small differences.4 Repeat step three until you feel your story is complete. Remember to keep making small changes to each drawing to show motion in your subject.When your flipbook is finished, share your story with friends!

MATErIALS:

1 Sticky note pad or a stack of paper, stapled or paper-clipped together.

You’ll need at least 15 sheets of paper for your images to make a

noticeable movement.

2 Pencil

3 Eraser

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. 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. 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 see-through flexible paper, was invented. Animators could then

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

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!

DO YOU EvEr wONDEr HOw ANIMATIONS wErE INvENTED? HErE’S HOw IT ALL bEgAN.

Kids’ Club Explores the bC Archives

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.

KIDS’ CLUb AfTErNOON ExPLOrATIONEvery wednesday, 4 – 5 pmFree | Registration required | Members Only

APrIL fOOL’S SCAvENgEr HUNTMarch 28 – April 1, 10 am – 5 pmIncluded with admission and membershipNo registration requiredDon’t let the Royal BC Museum dupe you. To markthe occasion, our staff will place unusual objects alongside artifacts and specimens in the exhibitions throughout the galleries.

SOUTH vANCOUvEr ISLAND rEgIONAL HErITAgE fAIrMay 2, 10 am – 2 pmClifford Carl Hall FreeAn 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 amMembers Only | No registration requiredBefore the museum opens, join us for an adventurous Kids’ Club event as we explore Beacon Hill Park.

wONDEr SUNDAY: MUSEUMSMay 25, 1 – 3 pmIncluded with admission and membershipNo registration requiredWe wonder what it takes to make a museum. Join us as we create our 2nd annual Wonder Sunday Mini-Museum. You make, you describe, you display.

APrIL fOOL’S SCAvENgEr HUNTMarch 28 – April 1, 10 am – 5 pmNo registration requiredIncluded with admission and membership

fEATUrE ExHIbITION: vIKINgSOpens May 16

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CompositionAn artistic arrangement.

viewfinderA viewing device on a camera to show the subject area that will be recorded on film. NegativeAn image in which the lightest areas of the photographed subject appear darkest and the darkest areas appear lightest. burnA technique used when developing photographs to darken a part of an image. ShutterBlades, a curtain, plate or some other movable cover in a camera that controls the time during which light reaches the film. LensOne 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. DevelopA process that uses emulsions containing silver halides to imprint image on film. flashA brief bright light. DodgeA technique used when developing photographs to lighten part of

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Can you find the

words in bold?

Did you find all of theanimals on the cover?

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

Summer 2014

What’s INSight

You Could be the Next Designer of the what’s INSight Kids Magazine CoverNext 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