Stop-Motion Examples

Here are a few examples of some great stop-motion films to inspire you. Now, if you haven't done so already, post one on your blog!

Year 1 Tech--Stop Motion

For this week's blog entry, find an example of a stop motion movie, post a link to it and describe what makes it an effective film. Look specifically at the techniques like camera angles and shots, lighting, and transitions from one shot to another as well as compositional choices when doing your analysis.

Year 3 Tech - A note for you!

Please work on the music video assignment today. I've added a link to give you some information about shooting techniques and camera movements. I've also reduced the number of videos you need to do a final analysis on to only ONE!

1. Review the links I provided, taking note of the terminology used for different camera shots and shooting techniques.
2. Watch the videos and read the articles I've provided and then do the first part of the blog assignment, which is reviewing music videos through the decades. Answer the questions I provided in the blog post - Scroll down, it's just a few below this one!
3. Find your favourite music video (artistically and visually) and review it based on what I've asked for in the post.

Please do this today before continuing to work on the Palladio video.

That's it!
Thanks
Ms. Silverman

Blog posts Year 3 and 4

Daily Create Blog Posts.

CyberARTS Year 3 & Year 4.

There are 20 options here for sound/image, still photography and video assignments. Choose 10 to do before the winter holidays. You must complete at least two by the end of the week.

You must have at least two from each category. The rest is up to  you. Year 3 MUST DO #15. Year 4 MUST DO #

1.    Take a close up photo of an object with unique texture or pattern; make us guess what it is.

2.    Make a photo of anger, or something that makes you angry.

3.    Make a photo that emphasizes one color much more than any others in the shot

4.    Record some outdoor sounds. Pair them with one, three or five still images.

5.    Fabric: we wear it, sleep on it, decorate with it. Make a photo of an interesting cloth design or texture.

6.    Take a creative photo without aiming in the viewfinder

7.    Take a photo that shows two contrasting things, e.g. light & darkness, life & death, cats & dogs etc.

8.    Power plugs are ubiquitous. Can you make a creative photo of such a common thing?

9.    Mix a sound from nature with a musical selection so both can be heard clearly.

10. Make a short audio of the sound of water pinging, flushing, splashing, roaring, tumbling...and add an image, or three or five.

11. Draw a flower with your eyes closed. Then turn it into a vector illustration.

12. Make a photo of an outdoor scene free of any human artifacts.

13. Take a picture of an object that is a metaphor for your learning style

14. Make a photograph of a plastic object that you’ve used today.

15. Make an extreme close up 30 second video of someone playing a musical instrument, using at least three different shots.

16. Record 30 seconds of ambient sound in your environment. Pair it with images that contrast the sound you've recorded.

17. Take a closer look at where you spend a lot of time. Photograph something there you never noticed before.

18. Take a picture of construction.

19. Make a 30 second video with sound of a typical street scene using wide, medium, close-up and extreme close-ups.

20. Find a grid pattern somewhere (brick sidewalk, ceiling tiles etc.). Make a photo of an interesting slice of it.

Year 3 TECH: Music videos through the decades

Before looking at these videos, take a look at this website and read through the shooting tips from introduction to labeling your tapes.
Shooting techniques
And also this one on ShotTypes and also camera movements at the bottom of the page.

 Take note in particular of the terminology used and use it in your review of the videos.

First, just for fun, check out the technology used in this music video. You need to open it in Google Chrome. It uses HTML 5.

www.thewildernessdowntown.com

Also, please take a look at the history of music videos - which began in the 1980s with MTV. According to U.S. Time magazine, these are the best 30 music videos of all time.

Best 30 Music Videos

Here is another "Best 30 Music Videos of All Time" by Music Radar

These seem a little more underground. Also more contemporary. Check them out as well.

Check out #22 Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar for some amazing editing and perfect sync-ing.

Take a look through both the Arcade Fire video and the article on the 30 best music videos. Watch a minimum of 9 of the videos and read the summaries below - making sure you watch at least 2 per decade. There are 10 per decade in the article.

Exercise:

FIRST Write a blog post...Title it Music Videos through  history

1. Summarizing your thoughts, opinions and inspiration from the 9 videos you watched.

2. Which ones do you consider works of art in their own right? and Why? Note: The first video - Talking Heads "Once in a Lifetime" was exhibited in New York's Museum of Modern Art.

3. Also, comment on the types of changes you noticed through the decades. (Lighting, editing, sophistication, pace etc.)

4. How does the Arcade Fire video compare to the earlier decades?

5. What's next in music videos in your opinion?

THEN...

Choose one video (the one you find the most compelling, artistically) to post and embed into your blog post

1. Comment on the pacing, artistic style, lighting and artistic intent/meaning of the posted video.

2. How does this music video visually express the emotional theme of the music? Look at specific imagery, content and shot types, pace, style, lighting etc.

Year 3 Tech - Post your Progress

At this point you've done some preliminary research to discover some examples of experimental and art videos out there that might help inspire the Palladio project. These links should be embedded in a blog post so they can be shared, along with a written explanation of what you find compelling and important about them and how they are relevant to the project.
Also, you have all participated on some level in pre-production by developing a storyboard, a treatment and shot lists, shooting schedule etc.
We have heard your pitch and we've come back to tweak and redevelop your initial proposals.

NOW...you have spent the week experimenting yourselves with painting, ink blots, tesselations, sharpies...

Post your progress!
First of all, you should have something to post that you've worked on this week. Stop-motion animation, or a test video of something. Post your experiments from the week and discuss the following:
1. Post the video
2. Discuss your process. What did you do and how did you do it. Tell us about the technique.
3. Discuss the content/meaning. How do you think this might fit into the project. Does it have a connection to the music? If so, how? If not, why not?
4. Discuss next steps. This is IMPORTANT!!! Here is where you are taking this aspect of the design process (namely testing...) and making it useful. What worked and what didn't? Why? What do you need to do differently? Where do you think this could fit? Do you have any other ideas?

Year 4 Photography Process

Blog post Assignment - Concept. Technique. Process.
Due: Monday

On your blog, post a statement that describes the concept of your photography project, the technical aspects, and the process of creation.

1. Concept. Describe your intention in terms of the meaning, symbolism and message behind the image(s) your are making. Remember that this assignment requires you to take on a photography project that challenges you as much in terms of technique as it does concept. You photos should work together as a whole to send a message (that could be interpreted by the viewers in multiple ways), but also must have meaning for you. Your artistic intent must be clearly explained here.

2. Technique. Describe the photographic technique or style that you were drawn to. Explain the technical aspects as well as why you were drawn to them. This part should also be challenging you in some way. What are you learning technically as you are mid way through this project.

3. Process of creation. Discuss your creative process here. How is your project unfolding? Is it as you had intended? Now that you have begun, are you changing course or direction at all? If so, why? Describe as best you can the evolution of your ideas.

4. Post some work. Here is where you can post either a sample image from your project. If it is not finished, explain where the image lies in terms of phases of the project.