Green Screen Superheroes

Combining Art, Technology, and Creative Writing

Margie Jackson

Standards5th Grade Art

VA5PR.1 Creates artworks based on personal experience and selected themes.

b. Makes design decisions as the result of conscious, thoughtful planning and choices.

d. Generates artworks to express individual ideas, thoughts, and feelings from memory and/or imagination.

VA5PR.2 Understands and applies media, techniques, and processes of two-dimensional art processes using tools and materials in a safe and appropriate manner to develop skills.

h. Creates art works using available technology (e.g., computers, cameras, digital/video recorder).

VA5C.1 Applies information and processes from other disciplines to enhance the understanding and production of artworks.

a. Makes interdisciplinary connections applying art skills, knowledge, and ideas to improve understanding in other disciplines.

Standards5th Grade Writing CCGPS

ELACC5W3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.

ELACC5W4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

ELACC5W5: With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing.

Supplies

Paper

Pencils

Digital Camera

Green Screen

Green Screen Program (FXHome PhotoKey 4 Pro)

Photo editing program PhotoShop Elements GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program)

Student computers with internet access

Color printer

Day One

Explain the project to the students.

Show some examples of the finished project.

Play a slideshow of the available backgrounds to give students ideas.

Students brainstorm by working with a graphic organizer.

Examples of Backgrounds

Graphic Organizer

Title

Main Character

Superpower(s)

What problem are you creating or

solving?

The Enemy

Costume

Is the main character part of a

group? If yes, who are they?

Background

How does the main character travel?

Other:

Day Two

Take individual student photos with the green screen

Students complete the graphic organizer and write their rough drafts.

Pictures with the green screen

The PhotoKey Program

Day Three

Demonstrate how to use Photoshop

Students use Photoshop to add special effects to their pictures.

Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0

GIMP

Days Four and Five

Students continue to work with Photoshop and/or

write a final draft.

Day Six (Optional)

Use the website befunky.com to include additional graphics and special effects.

Final Results

The Candy Girls

One day there was a loud scream. “AAAH!” Then there was a phone call and all of a sudden, there was an evil laugh on the phone. It was Dr. Toothpaste! “Ha, ha, ha, you will never find me, Candy Girls I have captured all the candy in the world!”

We ran as fast as we could and then we passed a little girl crying. She said, “Dr. Toothpaste took my lollipop!” Sweet Tart made a lollipop appear, gave it to the little girl, and said, “Come on, Candy Girls! Let’s go!”

When we found Dr. Toothpaste, he was in the world’s biggest candy store. He shot mouth rinse out at us! We fell! He was getting away. Sweet Tart got up and shot candy canes all around him so he couldn’t escape! The girls quickly got up and ate the top of the candy canes to make points.

The Candy Girls put all the candy back in its right place and Dr. Toothpaste in his right place: Candy Jail! He had to eat candy all day, every day. He was never healthy again!

Wolves Of Water

One day a girl named Katara went to the beach. She was going to meet her friend, Dolphin Girl. When she got there, there were no people. Katara changed into a dolphin and made a clicking noise. No answer.

She quickly went to shore, changed into the wolf queen, and called her pack. Almost at once, her pack came to her side. The queen said the words of the pack: Waters come and bend. The pack swam down into a reef and found a cave with Azula on top. Katara made a ball of water and went in. She found Dolphon Girl in the cage, but Azula saw Katara.

They fought and fought. Finally, Katara won and she trapped Azula. Dolphin Girl she knew where the people were. With the help of the wolves, the people were saved and they went back to the forest.

Nature Strikes Back

I was face to face with The Controller. I did not know what to expect. I could feel something weird in my brain, like he was controlling it. I finally realized I was not moving even when I tried. I said to myself, “I must not fail!” Then I got enough strength to break free.

I made the ground fly up under his feet and he flew up, but he came back down like a feather. I ran as fast I could right under his feet. Then, I shot fire up like I was shooting bullets. Then he was gone and all that was left was a pile of ashes.

Flooding

Today, I am known as the world’s most feared villain. However, I was once a great superhero. Here is my story. At the feast of the superheroes, I met a superhero I did not like. His name was Sun Shine, but he was also known as Lighting Bolt. He boasted to me of his importance, how the world needed heat. He told me how the world didn’t need me, that superpowers were wasted on me. I thought this very rude, so I told him a common fact, that 75% of the Earth was water. Sun Shine laughed at this. He called it stupid, mortal “knowledge.” This angered me tremendously. This was the reason why I am a villain.

I planned to get my revenge on Sun Shine. But how? I planned to flood the earth with cold ocean water. That way, I could overpower Sun shine’s heat. He would be helpless! It was a great idea. But there was one tiny flaw. How would I do it?

I couldn’t just shoot water out of my hands randomly. That would be too slow. So, I decided to become a flood. It was simple. All I had to do was coat myself in water and turn aournd and around. In a few minutes, I was done. I started shooting jets of water everywhere. Suddenly, I heard shrieks, screams, and people freaking out. I knew Sun Shine would try to help when he looked down and I was right.

He did. Now, thanks to that wretched man, my powers have been reduced. He took my powers and I can have them only when I gather all my strength and throw them everywhere. That’s why floods only happen occasionally. Because my powers are hard to gather up.