Filming process

In the above photos you can see our filming process.

We took it in turns to take photos using the computer programme Zu3D, moulding the clay, and moving it bit by bit to create the illusion of continuous movement. This process I enjoyed as on Zu3D you can play back as you go along, and I loved seeing what we had done so far. It took a little longer than expected to mould the flower as Rhian found that gradually the flower got heavier. 

Lighting was our main problem as it was hard to show darkness when we had the moon in the video, also as the sun moved outside the classroom this affected our video.  

At the end we had to change the speed of the video as when we played it back we thought it was too fast, and it didn't last two minutes. After a while we got the  speed that we thought worked well, so you could see whys was going on. 

I am so pleased with how our video has turned out, although at the end it wouldn't save! This was very stressful but we managed to work it out after a while. 

Design process 2 - Storyboard

As you can see, this is our storyboard! 

Our main idea was that our video would show a flower growing, planting the seeds, night time, sun rises, the plant grows, water it with a little watering can using blue glitter as water, bees fly around it, pollinates with yellow clay, butterfly flies in the sky, the flower grows more and more pop up around it. 

If the video isn't long enough with these ideas, then possibly we could add more flowers to the process. 

Hopefully it will all turn out like we want it to!!!! 

Design process

When we walked into class I started to panic as some groups looked like they were over half way there and some had nearly finished! Once we sat down we came to the swift conclusion that none of us were creative, therefore our idea had to be simple and relatively easy to do, which meant no drawing etc. 

After about 10 mins of knocking a few ideas about we decided on a flower growing using clay to mould it. So we wrote our story on a piece of paper them on an actual story board and delegated tasks for what we had to do. I started to make the scenery; so I cut a box so it was half open, cut and stuck blue card for the sky and green card for grass, and glued some cotton wool for clouds. 

While I was doing that Stacey made the clay flowers, the sun and the moon. We thought that was enough for one session, so we decided to make some bees, butterflies and a scarecrow to add in when we got home. I also said that I'd make a fence for the flower to go in, make it look a little realistic. 

News Cast

 

Here is the news report Stacey and i created :) This was created through the computer programme Audacity, basically we had to create a podcast with news stories in it. I really enjoyed this lesson as Stacey and i had to create different voices etc. and the stories were topical and what we found interesting :)

Importance of sound . . . . . . . .

“Sound effects play an important role in conveying action. Music helps express emotion.” Michael Geisler

This statement is true to me, i believe that music and certain sounds have a huge impact on a persons emotion. Particular genres of music can either make a person feel happy or sad, it can change moods for the better or for the worse. I find that listening to a particular singer or band will make me feel happy when i'm down or make me feel more excited. When a film or short animation has certain music or sounds it sets the tone and tells you what it is going to be like, e.g: if the intro is up beat or slow. Also, when a particular song is put in an animation or film it can make you think of different memories that you associate with it or from a time in your life. )

Zu3D our animation - Pirate on the loose!

Here is mine and Gabriela's Zu3D stop motion animation, titled Pirate on the loose!!!

I have to say i really really enjoyed doing this, we found it relatively easy to do although it did have its set backs:

• couldn't see the faces of the little characters as the picture wasn't good on the webcam
• lighting due to people walking past and the shadows
• thinking of enough to do due to the video having to be one minute

Overall it was really fun and interesting to do! :)

Stop motion animation and learning

The world's smallest stop motion animation: