Evaluation of Stop-Motion Project

By Sammi Wilde

How did I use technologies to create my product?Digital Camera:When shooting my stop motion film, I used a digital camera . This allowed me to edit the pictures I had taken. It also meant the images were a better quality. I could upload them to a computer and edit the sequence of photos into the desired film.

Tripod:I used a tripod to steady the camera and to make the individual shots precise and level with the set.

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Slideshare:After editing my film, I created an account on ‘SlideShare’ and uploaded my film onto the site. The file was too big so I went back onto PowerPoint to re-edit my film by splitting it into 6 parts and then uploaded them to the site.

Link to SlideShare account: http://www.slideshare.net/xx-tawnygurl-xx/edit_my_uploads

YouTube: Eventually ,I will be able to upload the film to YouTube. This allows other people to watch the film and comment on it.

Cont.Blogs:To show my work, I also created a G-mail account, and from that a blog account :http://sammiwildecoursework.blogspot.com/ This will allow me to showcase my work and evaluate it.

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stopmotion film (2).pptx

Creating the set for my film was difficult. I needed to acquire a reasonably sized box, pictures of a kitchen, floor and food; as well as the stars – fruit.

How did this task enable me to be creative?

‘Creative’: Relating to or involving the imagination or original ideas.

To show the fruit speaking, I wrote on some lined paper and cut it out in the shape of a speech bubble and placed next to the character with blu-tac. Acquiring the other

characters was reasonably easy due to my family being the ‘healthy’ sort. The character’s ranged from: apples, oranges, bananas, lemons, melons and grapefruits.

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NARRATIVE

Funny as it is, I dreamed my film narrative... My main character: Orange, was having a birthday party, but no one turned up. He became really upset but eventually his friends did turn up after a build up on the M60.

Cont.After watching some films on YouTube, I

found inspiration for my film.

At my house, the only room where we get the most reasonable lighting is in the conservatory which is where I ended up creating my film. Luckily, the rest of the family were elsewhere so I could knuckle down and concentrate on what I was trying to achieve.

I didn’t work with anyone on this project because I wanted to create the film by myself. But whist editing the film, I asked for the opinions of my family as to whether it was: too fast, too slow, bad quality etc.

To create emotion on my characters, I drew faces on each of the fruit, I also added hair and other accessories like hats to add personality.

Time wasn’t an issue when I was making this film. I had the house to myself and the conservatory door shut so I couldn’t get distracted by noises and the radio.