Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Stop Motion Animation!

It's the time of year again! Time for the BEST PROJECT EVERRRRRRRR! Stop motion animation is a form of animation where an inanimate object appears to be moving by using a series of photographs which is similar to a flip book. The students had to develop a story line, construct a set with characters, and then proceed with the tedious process of taking 300+ photographs to tell their story. When finished we put our photographs together by using Windows Movie Maker in the computer lab. We put 0.250 seconds in between each photograph so when the pictures are being shown at that speed it appears that the object is moving on it's own.
To celebrate the accomplishment by all students we have an semi-annual movie premier called the Krieger Video Awards. This is a time where students can watch all the videos from all classes and vote for Best Video in their class. Among the Best Video winner in each class there is also an Overall Best Video winner and adding to the winners list we have introduced the Tyler Sensenbrenner award. This prestigious award is decided by Tyler's family and is judged on what movie the family feels Tyler would have enjoyed the most. 
Overall, this is an extremely time consuming and tedious project but the students always create successful movies and have something to be proud of at the end of the year. Great job by all!

Now the toughest question....which movie is your favorite????

Group Name: 1up Productions
Group Name: The Monsters
Group Name: Assassins
Group Name: AT


Group Name: Super Cool
Group Name: BAM
Group Name: AB Monster
Group Name: Bananas
Group Name: Bill's First Adventure
Group Name: The Nerds
Group Name:DJB
Group Name: GATO
Group Name: Fantastic 4 - 6th period
Group Name: Purple Unicorns
Group Name: I Love Chicken
Group Name: In Owl City
Group Name: Monkey Business
Group Name: JJAM
Group Name: KAE
Group Name: Lorenzo and Pepperjack
Group Name: LRM
Group Name: Magical Llama Corns
Group Name: Magical Tacos
Group Name: Elephants
Group Name: Mixed Nations
Group Name: Mrie
Group Name: Team Rocket
Group Name: Battle of Jim and Bob
Group Name: PAHJ
Group Name: Llamas
Group Name: Team YOLO SWAG
Group Name:Ingenuity 
Group Name:Papercranes
Group Name: Chopsticks
Group Name: RNS
Group Name: Fantastic 4: 1st period
Group Name: Seth and the Sunshine Band
Group Name: Unknown
Group Name:Beach Bums
Group Name: The Animators
Group Name: Squid
Group Name: Three Dino's
Group Name: The Donuts
Group Name: ADF
Group Name:The Lollipop Guild
Group Name:To Be Heard
Group Name: Whales