About
A Story
Storytelling was born with humanity. Ever since the first human could speak, the human species has told stories to each other: stories of who we are, stories of what we do, of how to make fire, how to hunt, how to tell what’s poisonous and what’s edible, of spectacular occurrences, heroes and villains, angels and monsters, of how the world came to be, of why things are the way they are. We tell stories to capture the imagination and to share our experience and knowledge.
Over time, methods of storytelling grew more advanced - from the first spoken language, to scrolls and books, to spectacular operas and plays, songs, sonnets, movies, games - each iteration and innovation bringing the audience ever closer to seeing through the eyes of the author.
However, there are some things that simply cannot be captured with our silly inventions. Love, grief, joy, anguish; ironically, we humans struggle to capture precisely what makes us human. The human experience is a beautiful exotic animal; something we want to see and admire. But the moment we spring upon it with our cages, trying to capture it to show our peers, it escapes. A person can look at the most compelling painting of a sunset on a beach, but they’ll never truly know the sound of waves crashing against the sand, feel the wind blowing on their face, and breath the crisp ocean air, until they experience it themself.
Likewise, Ladue Animation Club is something that simply cannot be defined with mere words ;). True, it’s possible to describe it as a group of high-school animation enthusiasts excited to collaborate with each other. It’s a chill place to animate, learn about animation, and discuss animation. But you’ll never understand these words’ real meaning - what Animation Club is… That is, of course, until you experience it for yourself! We meet on Wednesdays from 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in room 1186, open to any skill or knowledge level. See you there!
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Projects
Latest Project: Morph Project
Status: ACTIVE
Medium(s): Traditional 2D
We’re making a quick morph animation using traditional 2d paper/pencil animation methods. Participating members each draw a frame of anything they like, and then in-betweens are drawn so that the frames morph seamlessly into each other. The end result will be a looping animation of several seemingly random objects/characters that morph into each other in creative and potentially unexpected ways.
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Blog
Latest Post: Hello World
Franklyn - Feb 12, 2022
This is the first blog post of the new website! Hopefully I actually finish this project eventually. If you’re reading this, then that should mean the website is published and functional.
Eventually the blog will be used to regularly update Animation Club members on whatever’s going on, but these first few posts will likely be here just to test out the site as I build it.
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Resources
Shared Google Drive folder
We use a Google Drive folder to organize files and assets and whatever else we need in one centralized location. Inside are projects, planning docs, and hyperdocs with useful links. You will need a Ladue school district e-mail to access this.
Access it here
Blender
We use Blender sometimes for certain projects. It's an extremely powerful, free, open-source software for 3D modeling, animation, editing, and pretty much anything else. If you want to download this on your school laptop, you'll need to speak to the Ladue tech department. However, you can simply use the link below if you're on a personal device. We recommend getting the latest version.
Blender website
Blender also has a thing called the Blender Studio, where artists collaborate and make really high quality short films and other things using Blender. If you still aren't convinced about the power of Blender, consider watching some of these short films. They're really good.
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Contact
Official Discord server
This is mostly for casual communication and discussion. We'll post announcements and pretty much anything we think is cool and worth sharing here. It's also usually the fastest way to get in contact with us.
Send us an email with any questions or comments or anything else. If you'd like to join our e-mail list for weekly updates and other information about Animation Club, just let us know either with an e-mail or through our contact form.
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Jacob - Student coordinator
E-mail: jbarnes44@ladueschools.net -
Franklyn - Student coordinator
E-mail: fyang23@ladueschools.net -
Mr. Raedeke - Club sponsor
E-mail: draedeke@ladueschools.net
Contact form
Use this Google form to send us whatever you want from this very page! Non Ladue school district e-mails might not work.