Twenty imagined making examplesFoundation Media Arts · T2 W17–18 · Complete worked examples
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Use only after the child's own first contribution, and after capture on a selected assessment stage. These are original computer-written fictional design proposals, not child works, filmed events, genuine maker accounts or recipient replies. They are optional contexts, not answer keys.
C01 · A hat that becomes a boat
Idea: A made-up hat sits on a circle, then becomes a tiny boat picture.
Make and try: Create two actual drawings or software arrangements, choose which comes first, and manually reveal both.
Inspect / next: Ask what actually exists and which choice the child wants to keep. If only specified, retain plan status; offer one wanted fabricated part later. A child may reject this context.
Boundary: The shape change is fictional; no floating or water safety skill is supplied.
C02 · Pretend post sorting
Idea: A square parcel moves from a pretend shelf to an invented mailbox.
Make and try: Choose actual frame positions and a local mailbox caption or no words; inspect each frame.
Inspect / next: Ask what actually exists and which choice the child wants to keep. If only specified, retain plan status; offer one wanted fabricated part later. A child may reject this context.
Boundary: It is a play message, not official postal instructions or a real delivery.
C03 · A library picture trail
Idea: A drawn book shape becomes part of an invented picture corner.
Make and try: Draw or direct two original broad pictures and choose a look/next reveal.
Inspect / next: Ask what actually exists and which choice the child wants to keep. If only specified, retain plan status; offer one wanted fabricated part later. A child may reject this context.
Boundary: No book cover, character, council logo or library photograph is copied.
C04 · Robot finds its missing button
Idea: An invented robot first has a blank space, then a chosen mark there.
Make and try: Construct the two pictures and test whether the intended replacement frame appears.
Inspect / next: Ask what actually exists and which choice the child wants to keep. If only specified, retain plan status; offer one wanted fabricated part later. A child may reject this context.
Boundary: Actual repair or electrical knowledge is not assessed.
C05 · A surprising lunchbox world
Idea: An imaginary empty box opens to a picture of a mountain.
Make and try: Make an actual surprising second picture and choose optional wordless space.
Inspect / next: Ask what actually exists and which choice the child wants to keep. If only specified, retain plan status; offer one wanted fabricated part later. A child may reject this context.
Boundary: It supplies no food facts or required family disclosure.
C06 · One leaf, then a leaf city
Idea: An original drawn leaf becomes a made-up city map.
Make and try: Repeat, grow or rearrange own marks and compare real traces.
Inspect / next: Ask what actually exists and which choice the child wants to keep. If only specified, retain plan status; offer one wanted fabricated part later. A child may reject this context.
Boundary: This is fiction, not a botanical growth claim.
C07 · A pretend tool label
Idea: An invented workbench picture gets an own clue about a chosen broad shape.
Make and try: Make a wordless cue or exact caption and compare with the actual feature.
Inspect / next: Ask what actually exists and which choice the child wants to keep. If only specified, retain plan status; offer one wanted fabricated part later. A child may reject this context.
Boundary: No real machinery, safety sign or cultural symbol is copied.
C08 · A cloud delivers a chair
Idea: An invented cloud picture appears before a winged chair.
Make and try: Make two distinct frames and hold the first until the maker chooses Next.
Inspect / next: Ask what actually exists and which choice the child wants to keep. If only specified, retain plan status; offer one wanted fabricated part later. A child may reject this context.
Boundary: There is no weather prediction, timed attention effect or actual movement.
C09 · A silent garden gallery
Idea: Two imagined garden pictures are deliberately the same.
Make and try: Duplicate or redraw a wanted picture and inspect the repeated frames.
Inspect / next: Ask what actually exists and which choice the child wants to keep. If only specified, retain plan status; offer one wanted fabricated part later. A child may reject this context.
Boundary: Repetition may be intentional; it is not missing work or a universal emotion cue.
C10 · Pretend play cleanup helper
Idea: Broad invented blocks are first scattered, then in the maker's chosen arrangement.
Make and try: Create a useful-in-play sequence and let the maker choose order and wording.
Inspect / next: Ask what actually exists and which choice the child wants to keep. If only specified, retain plan status; offer one wanted fabricated part later. A child may reject this context.
Boundary: It does not prescribe children's household duties or local classroom rules.
C11 · A paper museum of nonsense
Idea: An own square becomes a label for an invented odd object.
Make and try: Construct a small gallery and choose a caption or exact description.
Inspect / next: Ask what actually exists and which choice the child wants to keep. If only specified, retain plan status; offer one wanted fabricated part later. A child may reject this context.
Boundary: No real museum collection fact or object image is supplied.
C12 · Shop for moon socks
Idea: An invented display picture becomes a sock with a chosen pattern.
Make and try: Try two actual second frames and choose either/both/neither.
Inspect / next: Ask what actually exists and which choice the child wants to keep. If only specified, retain plan status; offer one wanted fabricated part later. A child may reject this context.
Boundary: No buying, currency, product endorsement or moon fact is taught.
C13 · An imaginary game doorway
Idea: A door shape appears, then a surprising open-space picture.
Make and try: Choose the second image, test actual reveal and change one frame if wanted.
Inspect / next: Ask what actually exists and which choice the child wants to keep. If only specified, retain plan status; offer one wanted fabricated part later. A child may reject this context.
Boundary: The maker's rule is local fiction, not a universal sign meaning.
C14 · Make a friendship creature
Idea: Two invented marks become one creature picture, or remain separate by choice.
Make and try: Construct actual frames and choose whether to show privately or keep.
Inspect / next: Ask what actually exists and which choice the child wants to keep. If only specified, retain plan status; offer one wanted fabricated part later. A child may reject this context.
Boundary: It requires no account of real friends, relationships or feelings.
C15 · An invented train garden
Idea: A broad line carries imagined plant shapes across two pictures.
Make and try: Change a position or caption in a duplicated frame, then inspect exact order.
Inspect / next: Ask what actually exists and which choice the child wants to keep. If only specified, retain plan status; offer one wanted fabricated part later. A child may reject this context.
Boundary: No real transport advice or plant-growth evidence is supplied.
C16 · Pack a pretend theatre box
Idea: A drawn empty stage becomes a chosen arrangement of broad shapes.
Make and try: Make the sequence and direct an actual paper reveal or software step.
Inspect / next: Ask what actually exists and which choice the child wants to keep. If only specified, retain plan status; offer one wanted fabricated part later. A child may reject this context.
Boundary: A drawn stage is media making, not a child performing a drama.
C17 · A neighbourhood helper idea
Idea: A made-up picture corner gets an original notice chosen by the child.
Make and try: Choose a purpose and construct two pictures or one wanted part.
Inspect / next: Ask what actually exists and which choice the child wants to keep. If only specified, retain plan status; offer one wanted fabricated part later. A child may reject this context.
Boundary: No real address, location, service hours or official notice is required.
C18 · A pattern that takes a rest
Idea: A sequence of chosen marks repeats one actual picture before a different one.
Make and try: Make/direct the repeat, then manually inspect it and choose a keeper.
Inspect / next: Ask what actually exists and which choice the child wants to keep. If only specified, retain plan status; offer one wanted fabricated part later. A child may reject this context.
Boundary: A manual hold is not generated sound, music technique or timed film.
C19 · A toy workshop catalogue
Idea: One imaginary object is shown wide, then in a chosen close drawing.
Make and try: Construct an original two-picture show; optional description states actual details.
Inspect / next: Ask what actually exists and which choice the child wants to keep. If only specified, retain plan status; offer one wanted fabricated part later. A child may reject this context.
Boundary: A drawn close picture is not evidence of camera operation.
C20 · A tiny help guide for a puppet
Idea: An invented puppet's page first shows one option, then another chosen option.
Make and try: Create an actual broad or screen sequence and privately trial it.
Inspect / next: Ask what actually exists and which choice the child wants to keep. If only specified, retain plan status; offer one wanted fabricated part later. A child may reject this context.
Boundary: A puppet rehearsal supplies no real willing audience or viewer reply.