Stop Motion Animation Ratings

#1: Ian Whelan.
 Idea: Space Legos
Reason: I thought his video was very well done and was easy to follow. The camera was steady for most of the time and it followed a story line.

#2: James Metcalf
Idea: Beads
Reason: I thought that James' video was extremely creative. I saw no other videos like it and it was very well put together. It captured the watchers eye.

#3: Abigail Krump
Idea: Rock-climbing
Reason: I thought that her video showed that she put in a lot of work into the project and I saw no others similar to it. Additionally, it was very well put together and not at all jumbled up.

Wednesday, November 13th

Journal - How did you stop motion animation turn out? If you could give it a grade, what would you give it out of 60 points? What did you learn from creating this video?

I think that my stop motion animation turned out quite entertaining. It was a very interesting project. If I could give myself a grade out of 60, I would give myself around a 56 because I didn't use a tripod and that would've helped quite a bit. I learned from creating this video that a tripod is quite important while taking pictures for stop motion animation. 

Monday, November 11th

Journal - How far along are you on your stop motion animation? What did you do over the weekend to work on you stop motion animation? Do you have all your pictures today? Will you have all your pictures by the end of the hour? Give me a detailed updated.

I have taken all of the pictures for my stop motion animation and just need to put together the video to finish the whole project up. Over the weekend, I turned into an adult officially! On Sunday, I turned 18 and went out to dinner with family. On Saturday night I hung out with a group of my friends and we did lots of adventurous things, such as setting drum sticks on fire and eating wonderful pizza, and it was a wonderful time. 

Friday, November 8th

Journal - What are you planning on doing for your stop-motion animation video? What story are you going to tell? How will your video be fun and different? Who is taking your photos? When are you taking your photos?

Well, for my stop-motion animation video, I'm taking pictures of Christine Flaspohler dancing on pointe. If you wanted to make a story out of it, you could say that it's a ballet dancer dancing at the ballet. Mine will be super fun and different because not a lot of people do dance at the level of Christine, so she's quite good and impressive. Also, she has the tutu and the whole nine yards. I took my own photos on Thursday after school already. 

Wednesday, November 6th

Journal - What story will your storyboard tell? Explain in detail.

Well, my storyboard tells the story of dat dance life. Basically, it shares my night of going to dance from putting hair into a bun, picking out stuff to wear, driving to dance, dancing, and then coming home and sleeping because I'm exhausted. Essentially the best storyboard you'll ever see.

Friday, November 1st

Journal - What are the pros and cons to photo editing? What are some examples of when photo editing is fun and appropriate? When can photo editing be inappropriate or too much?

The pros of photo editing are that you can make a photo look very professional looking and smooth. Also, you can get rid of things such as red eyes. Cons include that you can make the subject of your photo look unnatural or take away from the original subject. Some example of when photo editing is fun and appropriate are when you're taking something like senior pictures and want to look fantastical or are taking some selfies and want to look not completely ridiculous. Photo editing can be inappropriate or too much when it takes away from the original subject, like a model in a magazine where just about everything is changed, like hair, eyes, skin color, and even the size of someone's body. At times, that can make it look very unrealistic.