WEEK 5
For this rotation, we were taught the basics of stop motion animation and how to use dragonframe. We started off by doing an animation in a large group where we all selected a random paper shape each, and then we had to create an animation where we would make a transition from the previous persons shape into the one that we chose. I cannot find our groups animation, but I have all the pieces that I used in the animation – the previous person had a square, which I then transitioned into a circle. I made it as though the square sinks into the ground, and then rises from the ground as a circle.
WEEK 6
For the next activity, we were shown a series of sounds and made markings onto paper from how the sounds made us feel. I really liked the first page of markings that I did.
We then got into small groups of 3 to create a short stop motion animation of our sound of choice (4 sounds provided to choose from), using dragonframe and any materials of our choice. We started off by sketching out a storyboard of what we could do for our animation.
After we made decision on what to do for the animation, we collected materials and cut out the shapes for it. We chose a café/restaurant sounding audio, so we cut up lots of newspaper into speech bubbles as though they are lots of layered conversation in this area. After we were finished, we started shooting for the animation.
I quite enjoyed shooting this piece, and I like the contrast and variety of textures, colours and shapes and I think it represents the audio really well.