Parents' Guide to

Animate It!

By Dana Anderson, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 10+

Easy stop-motion animation from Wallace & Gromit creators.

App iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad Education
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A Lot or a Little?

What you will—and won't—find in this app.

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What’s It About?

Kids simply start taking photos -- of themselves, clay characters, friends, their pets, a flower -- that they'd like to see animated in sequential order. Ready to see them move? Just press play. To add more creativity and complexity to the mix, kids can change the rate of speed that the frames change; copy, paste, or reverse sequences; delete or reorder frames; and more. Different projects can be titled and saved, or exported to the mobile device's camera roll.

Is It Any Good?

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Animate It! was created by the studio that birthed Wallace and Gromit, and this app may help kids and teens create even more original work like that, too. The accessibility of this app for a wide range of abilities helps even young kids be able to try out the concept of taking photos of a series of sequential events and seeing them put into motion. While it would be a nice addition to include sound on this app, something as simple as photos of a friend waving or your own smile turning into a frown and back to a smile again can be a wonder to a child who's given the ability to bring it to life on-screen via Animate It!.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Be the subject for one of your kid's films! Let your kid "direct" your move for each photo to be included in the sequence.

  • Try to find or make a flip-book cartoon with paper. Compare the experience with that of Animate It!

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