Finished+Projects

This was our first animation. When you look closely you can see the effects of students bumping into the 'stage' and blocking the light sources. We learnt a lot from this. The most important lesson was that really a crew for such a project needs to be smaller in a small space to avoid 'accidents'. However the students were pleased with the result. ||  || This attempt was an experiment to answer the question, "What happens if you play the shots in the reverse order?" Although the timing here was really too slow, the students liked the effect of going forwards and then back, and started to think about how it might be used in other animations. ||  || "The Caterpillars' Daytime Horror" was a spin-off from the previous video. As a group the students organized the filming and then split into two groups to arrange the clips as they thought best. This group decided that sound effects were needed and spent a very long time finding instruments and getting the end result they were pleased with. I saw them do eleven takes of the sound track, then discuss it and do it with alterations. The final number of takes would have been far in excess of this. This certainly showed me that when the students are engaged in a project they will stop nothing to get the result they want. ||  || The second group took the same clips and ordered them as they wanted. They decided that in true comic book tradition they should have 'visual' sound effects. Making these took them a long time, and again lots of discussion and trial and error. They used 'Paint' and found it difficult to get the effects they were pleased with. The minute this was complete the first group said, "That's a good idea" and began to make their own effects in the same way, piggy backing on the second group's ideas. ||  || Finally, this most simple looking animation sequence, to answer: "How can we get our figures to 'unroll' on camera?" Many attempts were made, but using the idea from the 'Sliding Across the Court' sequence the students decided that they could start with the figures and squash them, and then play the clips backwards in order, and then forwards. This was because they found it so hard to make the figures when they were standing up without moving their position. ||  ||
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