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makes life pretty dul1. But if you learn the ins and
outs of entertainment technology,you can end up
with work that's all about play! Discover the sound
waves in a ringtone, the light magic that makes
movies, and the topsy-turry physics of roller coasters.
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Animate your own artwork
1.
2.Diginto video game development
3. Try the science of amusement park rides
4. Create your own specialeffects
5. Surf a sound wave
When l've earned this badge, l'll know the science
behind the world of entertainment.
Eti,TERTAIf"iMEl\!T I
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STEP
lL Animateyour
ownartwork
Whether you do it digitally or the old-fashioned,
hand-drawn way, the secret of animatint art is
getting 32 frames into one second. Try it yourself!
f--l Makeaflip book. Take a pad of paper or find
lJ ,r, old paperback book whose margins you
-- --- -c, in the exact
can draw in. Then draw something
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same spot on each page, moving it slightly each \
time. ball might move up a tiny bit on each
So a
page and then move down the same way. Flip through your
pages quickly and the ball bounces up and down.
OR
Play around with stop-action. Stop-action animation is like
a digital flip book-it's the process used to make clay or biock \-/
figures move in films hke Wallace and Gromit. Take a building
block figure, small doll, or a fi.gure made of clay or wire, set up
a simple background (like a sheet of paper), and shine a lamp
or flashlight on your scene. Then, shoot a series of pictures
of your object doing a small action-Iike waving, bowing,
or lifting a leg-moving its position a VERY little bit each
time. Load the pictures onto your computer and put them in
sequence. Click through quickly-or use slide presentation
software, and set the time between each slide at "oo:oo"
seconds-and you've got a movie!
Fon Monr FUN: Use a video-editing program to make your
movie even smoother (iMovie andWindows Movie Maker
come with many computers).
OR
Make your own thaumatrope. A thaumatrope is a disk or card
with a picture on each side. The disk is attached to two pieces
of string or a pencil. \Mhen the pencil or string is twirled, the
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images appear to combine into one. See the sidebar for help.
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ru dewe*epmem& Frame byframe, play back
one minute of yourfavorite
Some software developers get to play games all day! animated movieand
Think you might like that kind of career? ln this step, search for secrets within.
team up with an adult to find out.
For example, Pixar is
known for hiding "Easter
-- eggs" (!ittle jokes for
Use a free downloadable program. With these programs', fans) in its movies.
you can create an interactive story or game using characters
I Severalof Pixar's
they provide. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has a
animators studied in
great one called Scratch, or try the Carnegie Mellon University
the same classroom at
version, called Alice. Share your creation with friends.
the California lnstitute
OR of Technology. The
elasereom musnben-
Go onto an interactive site. There are a lot of how-to-be-a-
LJ programmer sites out there that walk you through the steps
A113-can beseen in many
Pixar movies. lnToy Story
of game programming ("Interactive Logo" and "Challenge You"
are two to try). Check one out and do your best to build a game!
A it is the license plate
of Andy's mom's car.
OR
oA restauraa* calledPizza
Talkto a developer! Ask someone in the video game fi.eld to Planet can be seen in
share their portfolio and creative process with you. You could almost every Pixar film.
invite a student, professor, or professional to chat with your 6 Neillofrom Finding Nemo
group, or see if you can visit a studio. was first seen in Monsters,
Fon Monr FTJN: Share your own lnc. as one of Boo's toys.
drawings or game concept ideas c Euzz Lightyear's
for feedback. batteries come from Buy
n Large, the company
that nearly destroys
the Earth inWALL-E.
G One of the characters
Make a maquette on a nriniature. Despite all
from Cors, La,rEgi, can be
the digital advances in moviemaking, many
animated projects still begin with a modei. seen driving across the
Research special*effects models of buildings, street inFinding Nemo.
called miniatures, and character models, called
maquettes. Then create a miniature using
recyclables or a maquette using clay.
ENTERTAINMENT I
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STEP
eDTry the science of J
C, amusementparkrides
The science of physics makes most theme park
action possible, from the flume to the roller coaster
to the merry-go-rouhd.
Create a roller coaster with marbles and foam tubing. Cut
6-foot pieces s1t1a-inchor r-inch foam insulation tubing in
half lengthwise (ask an adult to help you) and tape together a
track, starting at the edge of a table or another high place. Use
books, boxes, or roliing pins to make hills. Make toilet-paper-
tube tunnels. Fashion a loop. Check out the Fetch! "Thrill Ride"
activity sheet at pbskids.org for details on this project.
Fon Monr FUN: Design a roller coaster online at learner.org/
interactiveslparkphysics/coaster or ultimateroliercoaster.com.
OR J
Catapultsomestuff. Make a catapult out of household
items,like a ruler or yardstick for a lever and a thread spooi
or banana for a fulcrum. Then have a marshmallow or Ping-
Pong-ball launching contest with your friends. Whose object
flies the farthest? Trade ideas about why.
Fon Monr FUN: Check out the Fetch! catapult activity sheet
called "Target Practice" at pbskids.org.
OR
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Figure out centrifugal force. This force is what squashes
yo, against your seat in spinning amusement park rides. Try
- this spinning-water-bucket experiment. Go outside and fill
abucket halfway full of water. Spin it around and around,
Ferris-wheel style. Why does the water stay in the bucket?
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They may not get as much
Chances are that special effects (FX) play a big role attention as actors, but
in many of your favorite movies. Sometimes the movie makeup artists
effects are quite obvious, but lots of times they're are very important to the
hidden. See for yourself! moviemaking process.
Movie series like Harry
Potter or The Chronicles
Try the blue screen. Find out how the chroma-key of Narnia would not be
technology called "blue screen" (or "green scteen") works. possible without the
Then try it yourself! Fashion your own blue screen however artists who transform
you like: anything from cutting out a picture of yourself and ordinary actors into
sticking it on various backgrounds to using a computer design magical creatures.
program to asking a video expert for help filming in front of a Most makeup artists
real blue screen. begin by taking courses in
cosmetology, which is the
Fon Monr FUN: See if a local TV station will let you watch the
study of beautification
weather forecast to see blue-screen technology in action.
v OR
techniques. But makeup
looks much different on
Play makeup artist. Invite a makeup artist (maybe from a film than it does in real
Iocal theater company or television station) to speak to your life. Film color is usually
group about using makeup to emphasize features so they look different than color in real
!ife, and actors often work
great on stage or screen. What products do they use, and why?
under bright lights. The
How do they make a person look "natural," older, younger, or
makeup artist must also
Iike a nonhuman character such as an animal or alien? Team
make sure that an actor's
up with an adult to try some of the techniques on a friend,
makeup looks exactly
using any makeup you have on hand.
the same in every single
Fon Monr FUN: Ask a graphic designer to show you how scene, no matter how many
they adjust people's features for print media, such as erasing times it has been shot.
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wrinkles or adding color to cheeks.
I
OR
Makeyour own 3-Dglasses. Follow the instructions on the
next page to make your own 3-D fun!
v Fon Monr FUN: Make a 3-D picture, too. Ask an adult to help
you find instructions and free, easy-to-use software online.
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To Make Your
Own Glasses
Ask an adult to help
you with these steps.
e* Start with an old
$.pr:rof sunglasses
that you don't use
anymore. (You could
also find an inexpensive
new pair at a dollar Most huamaqe beEngs see sl ifferent a ngles
ightly d
store.) Carefully pop the wonBd Em B-&" Our (computer programs
out the plastic lenses. vision relies on the fact create the same effect
Cut out two holes that our eyes are about in animated movies).
mthe same size as three inches apart. The ln mostcases, special
the lenses in a clear space between oureyes glasses are required to
sheet oftransparency, means that we can see filterthe images and
cellophane, or acetate. depth, becauseeach make them appear in 3-D.
(You can use the original eye sees things slightly Without the glasses, the
lenses as templates.) differently.3-D works film appears blurry, This is
by copyingthe way changing quickly, though,
Use markers to
our eyes see things. as more companies work
acolor one lens red
L6ve-action 3-B mmovies with 3-D technology.
and one blue. (Do a little
ln the future, people
research to see why red are madewith special
cameras thatfilm the may not need any extra
and blue are used.)
same scenes from equipment to see movies
Place the new
or TV shows in 3-D!
* lenses into the
frame. Red goes on
the left side, blue goes
on the right. Trythem
out with a 3D photo! *nce€* a g&*s€, The "P*pper's Gh*st" iliusisn wes *r*ated by John
l**nry Fepper in th* 1*e*s. it is stll! us*d t*d=y iri mar:y haunted
h*uses a*C th*;"ne park*. Find instructicns for cr*ating the iil*Ei*n,
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soundwave elepliaat hi1(e
Sound technology has changed enormously in the Get two 16-oz. paper or
past few decades, and the changes, especially the plastic cups. Cut a pair of
invention of compressed MPg files, have made two-inch slits down the
playing, recordinll, and sharing music easier and side of each, about one inch
apart. This wil! make a ftap.
more accessible. But no matter how music is played,
Fold the flap back and cut it
it all comes from the science of sound waves.
off so you have a space to fit
yourear.
Experiment with acoustics. Acoustics are the qualities With an adult, hikeforfive
that affect how a sound is heard in a particular area. Find minutes, paying careful
a portable music player and choose five spaces, such as an
attention to sounds. After
five minutes, put on your
empty gyrr.,abackyard, or a kitchen.In each space,listen
"elephant ears" (the
to a song for at least 3o seconds from three to five feet away.
bottom of the cup should
(In enclosed rooms,listen from the same distance and
be at the back of your ear)
direction and at the same volume.)Write down what you
U notice about the sound in each p1ace. How loud is it? How
and hike for another five
minutes. Howdidyour
well can you hear the different parts of the music? After
hearingchange? What
your experiment, research the science to learn why sound
made that happen?
changes in different spaces.
Fon Monr FUN: Put something over your ears in one of the
spaces,like your hands, a scarf, or some foam. What happens
to sound when you add insulation? Why?
OR
elephant hike. Elephants can hear better than
Go on an
humans-experiment to learn why! See the sidebar for help.
OR
Make a ringtone for yourself, a friend, or family memben
PIay around with GarageBand or any similar computer
program that lets you layer various instrument riffs together
to create your own musical compositions.
Fon Monr FUN: Make up an entire song and dedicate it to
someone you know.
Now that t've earned this badge, I can give service by:
o Helping Daisies or Brownies make simple flip books
o Doing makeup for a school play or a dance recital
o Making a specia! ringtone for a friend or family member
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