Whiteboard animation task

We got a task to create a stop motion animation. We did this by taking photos individually, then we had to edit our photos into a stop motion, we used IMovie software to edit them together.

Why did you choose this idea?

The idea me and my partner Connor chose was a football animation were there was a printed out ball kicked between two drawn stickmen, who were standing in front of printed out goals. We chose the idea we did because the football theme fit stop motion. It also gave us the chance to print out some of our needed items, this gave our animation a unique twist. The idea was a simple one, which was also unique this is why we chose it. We could also use the stick figures legs to kick the printed out ball which is an easy motion to use. It was simple as it was just moving his leg slightly to kick the ball. This meant when drawing and taking photos of our animation we didn’t run into many stumbling blocks. This was appealing as we never done stop motion before. This meant our first time doing stop motion would be learning the basics. It also meant that it was enjoyable as we didn’t complicate it too much. We were also on a timed limit so it was best for a simpler idea, the reason we chose the idea we did was it was simple and made our first top motion enjoyable.

If you were going to carry out this task again what would you do different?

There is a couple of things I would change about my animation. First, I would change the length of my animation and take more photos so my animation would be longer, as it is a bit short in length. Secondly, I would make the quality of my animation on a whole a bit better. I would take more care in the execution of the photos to make sure there isn’t any mistakes in them. This would make the animation more appealing and make it a better viewing for people reviewing my animation. I would also change the football theme of my animation as a couple of other groups in the class also did football. I would change it to a more unique theme. Thirdly, I would add music to my animation this would make the animation more entertaining, it would also make the animation unique and give it an upbeat factor.

How can this task be improved?

A way of improving the task is to make my animation longer and also have a bit more going on in the animation instead of stick figures kicking a ball, this would make it exciting to watch. I would also add some type of music to my animation, which would make it entertaining and not plain and a bit boring. It could also be improved the few mistakes in the animation were ironed out. This would make the animation more professional and better to watch.

Overall, I think for the first time doing stop motion and editing it my animation was simple enough