Stop Motion Video Making
I had always wanted to make a stop motion video and was curious on how they were able to make the animation so smooth and wondered how long it took for them to make the finished product. While with my friends we came up with an idea to make our own stop motion animation which we would make a short video every week. After agreeing we would do a project to make a short stop motion video every week until we were satisfied with our progress and have a video we were proud to make.
Supervisor: Peter Whitfield, [email protected]
Group: Hasan, Manu and Matthew
Learning Outcomes:
Supervisor: Peter Whitfield, [email protected]
Group: Hasan, Manu and Matthew
Learning Outcomes:
- Identify own strengths and develops areas for growth
- Demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the process
- Show commitment to, and perseverance in, CAS experiences
- Demonstrate how to initiate and plan a CAS experience.
- Demonstrate the skills and recognize the benefits of working collaboratively.
26 March 2017
After we finished parkour me, matthew and hasan would go to my house to make the aimation, "Beach". However sadly hasan wasn't able to join the session. When we arrived home we took time to find for objects arround the house to make the video and plan out what we will make. We eventually came to a decision to make a video of a beach and a boat floating by. However planning and making scenery took some time esspecially making the blue background. half way thru the video we had scratched some ideas such as a "rock monster" approaching the beach and a tornado. As we get on making the video we needed an ending and as we slowly became more tired and lazy and decided that the ending there should be a whirlwind that sucks all of the beach. In the end when the video was made it was not as expected and underwhelming, This was mainly because we were too ambitious and took too long to plan and prepare the props.
9 April 2017
This day we were more prepared and had tried out the stop motion videos on the other days so we are able to make the video less ambitious. We started by looking for materials which would inspire us to have ideas about the animation. After finding some cards and pens we came up with an idea to make a tree grow. while at the middle of planning we thought to make the video have a spice of message so we decide to make the seed to be a coin which would later grow into a tree with cash growing, like an investment.
When we made the stop motion we still had breaks and at times we were still lazy and should improve on that for the later stop motion animation videos as it requires a lot of patience.
Overall i think this video was one of the better ones to come out in the end, the idea wasn't too ambitious, it has a nice meaning and the stop motion wasn't that bad.
When we made the stop motion we still had breaks and at times we were still lazy and should improve on that for the later stop motion animation videos as it requires a lot of patience.
Overall i think this video was one of the better ones to come out in the end, the idea wasn't too ambitious, it has a nice meaning and the stop motion wasn't that bad.
9 April 2017
We came up to the decision to do an animation using flash programme to try something new. When brainstorming on the ideas we with the help of matthew, Hasan and my two cousins we came up with the idea of making a pterodactyl jumping off a swimming pool jumping board into a book and into a crazy area. However, as we started drawing the Pterodactyl we noticed that we couldn’t draw a Pterodactyl and the idea would take too long to animate. After brainstorming again, we decided to change the pterodactyl to a T-rex and make it jump of and fall down to the floor similar to the introduction of Mr. Bean. When we animated the scene we were very distracted and procrastinated most of the time, this was mainly due to the fact that it was after parkour and was still very tired and had the urge to find any little thing to do besides animating However, we were able to make the animation in time though the animation took relatively long we it was better than we expected though it can be improved if we were more effective with our time. I believe that next time we do an animation we should plan on the timing and be less ambitious with our projects
7 May 2017
This animation was decided to be a two part session as at the first session we did not have enough time to finish the whole stop motion. Therefore for the first session we wold instead find all the materials needed to make the animation. after finding all the materials we would start with the tittle screen at the start and would call that a wrap.
For the second session we would continue on making the rest of the animations with the materials found on the other session. Making the animation a two session project allowed us to make a longer and more complex video, however it gave us a reason to mess around and play around after the making the parts in the first and second session as we had more time.
On the other hand i was very proud of this stop motion animations and is one of the better ones we did from the rest. However there can be some things to be improved such as the focus on the camera, time management and would be nice to add sound to the video. Nonetheless this i am still proud of this video and was better than we expected the video to come up.
For the second session we would continue on making the rest of the animations with the materials found on the other session. Making the animation a two session project allowed us to make a longer and more complex video, however it gave us a reason to mess around and play around after the making the parts in the first and second session as we had more time.
On the other hand i was very proud of this stop motion animations and is one of the better ones we did from the rest. However there can be some things to be improved such as the focus on the camera, time management and would be nice to add sound to the video. Nonetheless this i am still proud of this video and was better than we expected the video to come up.
Final Reflection:
After making 4 stop motion videos i was able to have a grasp of what it is like to create a stop motion project, plan with other people, and how to manage time. I learned that making a stop motion video is not as easy as it may seem and requires a lot of patience and time management. From this activity i was able to produce 4 animations which i am quite proud to have made. My goal for this project was to see what it was like to create a stop motion video and make the actual video with decent quality. After the 4 videos i think i can say that i was able to produce a stop motion video that i was proud for and achieve my goal.