Weekly Journal

Regular evaluation updates are required with every unit. Please remember to
take photos and get behind the scenes footage as you film. You might find it
easier if you note down a record of what you did each day in a diary form.

Please use the following guidance to help you with each week.

Week 1 This week you researched stop motion animation

What research have you
completed this week and what
have you learned?
What materials did you consider
using and why?
How did the test animations help
you to choose the most suitable
material for your animation?
(provide screenshots that show
your practice methods)
What did you learn from your
planning? How has it helped you
to progress your idea?
Are you on track for this week? If
not, how far behind are you?
What work do you need to
complete outside of lessons to
stay on track?
I’ve researched what stop motion is and who were
the 1st pioneers. I’ve also discussed why the frame
rates are important.
I’ve mentioned the Isle of the Dogs as an Oscar
Nominee for best animation or something along those
lines, not only including clips and trailers but also
what I personally think and what critics think about this
work.
I wont be using much material in this production, as it
will be real life. One of my 10-year-old brothers will be
the main character, his outfit changes will be the
focal point of this project as he changes out of his
karate outfit into a dress.
As much as I am proud of my example I called
“Ocean”, I am not keen on making human origami
and then transforming them into puppets on strings. It
takes too much of time and as we all know, time is
precious. So I’d rather make a quality real life than
paper-based stop motion.
My original idea was to make something resembling
the Isle of Dogs, but I realised that that might be too
ambitious and too time consuming.
 I haven’t completed my 3rd example.
The work that I need to catch up on is the one that
I’ve mentioned in the previous research answer box.

Week 2 This week you produced your stop motion animation

How helpful did you find your Well, there were karate lessons going on so we were
planning whilst photographing interrupting in a way, and the adults that you can see
your animation? in the final don’t have lessons with the children so we

What challenges did you face
with your chosen material? How
did you overcome these?
How did you ensure you met the
required frame rate?
How happy are you with your final
product? Provide analysis of the
successes and failures you feel
you had
How much work did you
complete outside of the lessons?
Are you on track for this week? If
not, how far behind are you?
What work do you need to
complete outside of lessons to
stay on track?
had to wait for some of them to arrive to help me
shoot.
There were definitely strains in my brother’s body after
holding a certain positon for too long. My solution for
this was to encourage him to take breaks, stretch
alongside reassurance that it is almost over.
I kept a tally chart. However, when I kept working I
focused more on taking images rather than keeping a
tally.
WWW: I think that the message or the idea definitely
came across, that a guy can wear a dress but most
likely he’ll be criticised.
EBI: There are many things that I could work on to
improve. I can increase the fps to make the video
smoother as it’s choppy. I could also work on the
lighting in the second part of the video and make it
that part shorter.
Quite a lot.
No. I just need to do my 3rd example.
Just what the above states.