Well, the most interesting project of my life was shortly completed. I guess that we all know, by the title, what it was. The Claymation. I would say that it was the most fun thing I've ever done, regarding school.
The most enjoyable part of this enjoyable project was probably the computer work. All the way from downloading the pictures, to putting them in iPhoto, to transferring them into iMovie HD, to editing them. I'd say editing was the best part. I understand computers pretty well, so it was the most easy part for me. I enjoy using technology. Although, Michael Schaaf had one more thing to teach me. I wasn't aware that you could select all of the pictures at once and change to duration, so, for the first few scenes, I had to change one after another after another. Very tedious, very annoying. But, once he had that nice feeling inside of him that some of us get sometimes, he was willing to tell me his secret. It made life much easier, and it was smooth sailing from then on.
The most difficult part of the project was definitely the picture taking. It was sooooo frustrating when the clay characters fell over. I would get very mad. One time the guys fell down so often. It made me really mad. But, we got over it, fixing the cardboard so that it would be more stable so the claymation figures were much stabler. The most challenging part of taking the pictures was one of the scenes we had. It had about four-hundred and forty pictures in it. I know, that's slightly ridiculous, but me and my partner learned from our mistakes, and from then on we kept it to a low minimum of two-hundred to two-hundred and fifty pictures per scene. It was a challenging ordeal, but it was worth it. I only regret those four-hundred and forty pictures, because it took the computer about an hour to process them.
The most important thing that I learned was that patients pays off. There was a lot of trial and error, but me and my partner kept on going, and we pulled through. It really took a lot of patients. I was on the verge of loosing it a few times. My camera would always move, and it took a lot of patients to figure out a solution, and not just punch the camera. Also, my parter was very obsessed with putting his voice into the clips. I know, It was a requirement, and I understand. But the way he would just keep going and going about how the world end if his voice wasn't in it! It would drive me nuts!! But I was patient, and me and my partner resolved a solution to it. Anyway, if you're patient, things normally turn out good!
So, there it is! The story of the amazing claymation. The ups and the downs. I hope you enjoy the claymation movie more than you did my long, boring account of what happened. We have the video on Google, Youtube, and here. Plenty of opportunities to enjoy the geniusness that went into it.
Please excuse the laughing at the begining, Chase put it in at the last moment.