Weekly Journal

Regular evaluation updates are required with every unit. Please remember to
take photos and get behind the scenes footage as you film. You might find it
easier if you note down a record of what you did each day in a diary form.

Please use the following guidance to help you with each week.

Week 1 This week you researched stop motion animation

What research have you
completed this week and what
have you learned?
What materials did you consider
using and why?
How did the test animations help
you to choose the most suitable
material for your animation?
(provide screenshots that show
your practice methods)
What did you learn from your
planning? How has it helped you
to progress your idea?
Are you on track for this week? If
not, how far behind are you?
What work do you need to
complete outside of lessons to
stay on track?
I have researched what stop animation is. I also found out
that J. Stuart Blackton was the creator of it. i also learnt about
the frame rate and how it makes the animation faster or
smoother and running at 24 frames per second.
I used plasticine for the models and cardboard for the set. I
used it because the main character was meant to be morph
from a child’s programme that everyone watched from when
they were young which should help them understand more
than just this random paper model.
They helped me get the feel for stop motion animation and
know what I'm doing so I'm not clueless for the real thing.
They also helped just get the movement of take a picture then
move. It also helped me want to do something that was easily
moveable.
I learnt how long it is going to be taking a lot of
photos. It needs to be 30 seconds which means taking
720 photos if I want to shoot at 24 fps.
I should be on track for this week I just need to order some
plasticine.
I will need to find the right colour plasticine on
amazon for my morph model.

Week 2 This week you produced your stop motion animation

How helpful did you find your
planning whilst photographing
your animation?
What challenges did you face
with your chosen material? How
did you overcome these?
I found it helpful because I had to set up a back drop and
practise the motion of taking a picture then moving. It also
helped be understand how to set up my camera for stop
motion animation and making it smooth
I kept finding plasticine very annoying as it is quite
heavy so it falls over very easily so when I would move
it, it would fall over and then I have to start over again
so it isn’t jumpy.
How did you ensure you met the
required frame rate?
How happy are you with your final
product? Provide analysis of the
successes and failures you feel
you had
How much work did you
complete outside of the lessons?
Are you on track for this week? If
not, how far behind are you?
What work do you need to
complete outside of lessons to
stay on track?
I didn’t because when filming I kept having issue’s
because sometimes when I would go to move the
model it would fall over so I would have to start again
and eventually it got to 11 at night and I stopped
moving it in little movements as that wasn’t working
out and moved it in bigger movements and then told
the story too quickly.
I am happy that somewhat of a story was told in the
10 seconds that was filmed. If I made it 30 seconds I
could’ve produced something really good because I
was not very good at making plastercine model’s so
every time I would go to move it, it would fall over.
I did not practice enough so therefor chose the wrong
material and should’ve made a whole new storyline
because I am a bad model maker. I should’ve
watched some 30 second stop motion animation’s to
get ideas for a new storyline.
Pretty much all of it as everything is a lot easier to do
at home. I also had my camera, tripod, models and
back drops at home so it’s a lot easier than bringing it
all in.
I just need to do the practise animations bur apart
from that I am all up to date.
The practise animations.