I learned that I am a pretty impatient person, and patience is key when it comes to hand drawing animation. I knew that people who animate movies spend years working on just one film, but what I didn’t anticipate is just how long it would take to make a one minute video. I don’t know if I would have the patience to be a professional animator for television shows or movies, however, the end result was totally worth the work put in. In the future, I definitely think that I want to do a project like this with my students, and I think that I would make them hand draw everything in order to get a taste of what animators go through, and hopefully be super satisfied with their final products. Maybe the project will inspire some students to pursue a career in movie making or animation.
One of the main challenges in creating my stop motion video was the (seemingly) never ending “draw, take photo, repeat.” When I first started taking photos for the first sequence in the animated portion of my video, I contemplated doing something besides whiteboard animation. Each scene seemed to be taking forever to draw out, and it was frustrating having to erase and move things in the drawing ever so slightly. However, I kept telling myself that I just need to keep going because the end result will be worth the work. I eventually had a rhythm going, and would just keep drawing as fast as I could until class ended. Once I had the final product of my video put together, it was very satisfying seeing my drawings move together like a movie. I have a huge respect for animators who work on movies for years, just to get an hour and a half animation out of it. It must be so rewarding for them to see their work in the theatres.
I learned that I am a pretty impatient person, and patience is key when it comes to hand drawing animation. I knew that people who animate movies spend years working on just one film, but what I didn’t anticipate is just how long it would take to make a one minute video. I don’t know if I would have the patience to be a professional animator for television shows or movies, however, the end result was totally worth the work put in. In the future, I definitely think that I want to do a project like this with my students, and I think that I would make them hand draw everything in order to get a taste of what animators go through, and hopefully be super satisfied with their final products. Maybe the project will inspire some students to pursue a career in movie making or animation.
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Jennifer Mack
3/6/2014 09:46:22 am
I like how you would use a drawn stop motion animation project to help students understand what professional animators do. I believe one of the best ways to understand an art form is to try to make it.
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Anna Carter
3/16/2014 03:50:55 am
You should be very proud of your efforts! After attempting to hand draw myself I have a great appreciation for your stop motion.
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Andre Timmes
3/17/2014 02:01:40 pm
Patience can be everything regarding your process. It makes me wonder what I could create with infinite time. All to often, I turn in a painting that I feel deserved maybe an additional weeks worth of time. I think that your video showcased the huge amount of time that you invested. That should encourage you to be patient. The end result can be just as rewarding for your audience as it is for you.
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