ROSWELL: NOT JUST ALIENSAn animation/soundtrack project

created with teaching artistsKaren Aqua & Ken Field

Roswell, NM, 7-25 April 2008

Ms. Jennings’ El Capitan Elementary 5th Grade Class

Meet Karen Aqua and Ken Field

Karen has been making animated films since 1979.

Her award-winning films have been screened nationally and internationally and she has won many awards for her films.

aquak.home.att.net

Ken is a saxophonist, flautist, percussionist, and composer.

He is also an award-winning composer of music for animation, film, and dance.

kenfield.org

Groups researched on the Internet to gather information

about their theme

Planning, discussing, and creating

Drawings to explain some details in creating characters

Characters are drawn on paper, colored, cut out, and then sewn

together at specific points to make animation puppets

Lining up the parade

Karen & The Bug Group

Karen & The Cheese Group

“Farmer milking the cow” scene

Karen & The Cinco Group

“Let me count out those dance steps again”

Karen & The DragonfliesPreparing the festival scene

Karen & The Dragonflies

All hands on deck Festival comes alive

Karen & The Rocket Group photographing “launching

the rocket” scene

The Rockets

Brainstorming narration for their rocket scene

Prepping for recording the sound effects

Cheese Group…

…& Ken

Ken & The Cinco de Mayo Group

Sounds for the

festival

Ken & The Rockets

A lot of explaining going on

Making noise…no, making festival sounds

Ken & The Cinco de Mayo Group

Ken & The Bugs

Beep, beep…

…sounds for the bug festival

One of the Rocket Boys

Improvisation on the bass

Diligently preparing invitations for distribution

Karen, Ken, Ms. Jennings and the crew