Stop Motion Project

isabelle from Ms. Seal's Art History on Vimeo.

1. What is the narrative of your project? When is the moment of crisis?
• The video starts off with a boy named Charlie, who is playing with his toy car. SUDDENLY, he gets a brilliant idea: to use the tires of the toy car to draw a picture! The video follows Charlie through the process of creating a drawing of his dog, his house, and himself. Not only does Charlie use his toy car's tires to draw this scene, but also he picks up other objects, such as lipstick, a banana, an orange, scissors, a leaf, and a twig, which he uses to add color and detail that enhance the black line drawing. After the main portion of his drawing is complete, he reaches up to the sky and grasps a chunk of the sky, which he attempts to throw at the canvas. The sky fails to stick to his drawing, and the piece of sky falls to the ground. The video shows his moments of frustration as Charlie gets up and tries again. Finally, he has success, and the sky in his picture suddenly turns blue. His drawing is complete!! The kind of smile that only comes when one triumphs over the prospect of failure appears on his face as the audience is led back to his colorful picture. The End.
2. How does the combination of imagery and music shape the mood and experience of the short film?
• From the group critique, people said that my music really fit with my piece.
3. What are the strengths of your project?
• I feel that my narrative is strong and imaginative.
4. If you were to do another one, what would you do differently?
• I would take more pictures on two different days so I could cut out some of the weaker ones and have more strong images from which to choose.
• I also would take the pictures on a less windy day.

Lastly I would like to say thank you to Charlie Gooding for sticking with me though the lengthy photoshoot and to Ms. Seal for providing not only technical support, but also comic relief throughout the editing process.