What Our Kids Can Learn With Vine app

Vine app is not just a social video app. Somehow, its 6 seconds duration limitation (or feature?) is perfect for our kids doing a short movie experiment.


Short Movie

What can they do in a very short 6 seconds video? Here are some examples on how our kids telling the story with 6 seconds video. They learn about mini storyboard & basic concept on visual storytelling.


"Where is Leia drawing? At the beach!"


"So many cars! Traffic jam!"


Stop motion & Animation

We all know Vine app is not a stop motion capturing app. But with its record-and-pause ability, our kids can learn how to make stop motion in easy & fun way. And with its short duration, they don't have to wait too long to see the stop-motion result.


"Danny the warrior duck."


"Driving a car. Oh no traffic jam!"


"The boat & the pirate."


Short movie with stop-motion


"Look! USS Enterprise from Star Trek!"


Problem is, Vine's age rating is 17+. Meands that I cannot install it in their restricted iDevices like iPod & iPad. And they cannot freely browsing other videos without their parents around.

Having Fun with Twitter's Vine

Been playing with Vine for week. Vine is Twitter's official social video, so we can make a short (6 seconds) video documentation, posted on Twitter.

From sleep to school in 6 seconds vine.co/v/bJev600H2hK

— Pinot (@pinot) January 28, 2013

The freshness of morning rain in Kuwait #weather #rain vine.co/v/bJH1hrDXhuB

— Pinot (@pinot) January 29, 2013

Retro cameras in 6 seconds. #retro #camera #vintage vine.co/v/bJPY56KPuXz

— Pinot (@pinot) January 30, 2013

But Vine is not only just for documentation, it's also handy for making experiment with animation/stop motion.

Flying bird: experiment with animation in Vine #art #drawing vine.co/v/bJpZZPglT0F
— Pinot (@pinot) January 29, 2013

Playing tetris with paper (part 1) #art #drawing #animation vine.co/v/bJ2rA67rtOE
— Pinot (@pinot) January 30, 2013

Playing tetris with paper (part 2) #art #drawing #animation vine.co/v/bJ2Xie7bQF0
— Pinot (@pinot) January 30, 2013

A box is crossing the universes #art #drawing #animation #magic vine.co/v/bJ9nbtIlYvv
— Pinot (@pinot) January 30, 2013

Electrocuted! Becareful when you draw Pikachu. #art #drawing #magic #animation vine.co/v/b1rdtPQF67F
— Pinot (@pinot) February 2, 2013  

Daughter's stop motion project: Danny the duck. #art #family #stopmotion #animation vine.co/v/b16OqdqQPnM
— Pinot (@pinot) February 2, 2013

Or making a step-by-step or tutorial

Drawing Batman. Another chubby superhero. vine.co/v/b5VnEwvO9iT
— Pinot (@pinot) January 26, 2013

Part 1: Drawing a sketch started with circle. #art #manga vine.co/v/bJQmTL029pd
— Pinot (@pinot) January 30, 2013

Part 2: Adding line (inking) with marker. #art #manga vine.co/v/bJQeMQxv572
— Pinot (@pinot) January 30, 2013

Part 3: Finishing - by erasing the pencil line & adding some hatches & shades. vine.co/v/bJQJjtqJJ7Z
— Pinot (@pinot) January 30, 2013

Decorating a cake by @ditut #art #cake #howto #stepbystep vine.co/v/b1OghdV31uZ
— Pinot (@pinot) February 1, 2013