What Materials I need for my personal project:

Camera Equipment;

• Camera to Take Photo’s (Must have Function to take pictures without having to be next to it)
• Tripod
• Camera to film me
• Couch to place camera to film me on

Clay figure Equipment:

• Clay (Oil Based: Blue, Red, Yellow)
• Rolling Pin
• Rubber Gloves
• Mat
• Cutting Tool

Shooting Equipment:

• Lights
• Things to hang lights on.
• Counterbalances for the Lights
• The Specific Spot in Kiev
• The Background (Paint to prop)
• The Props
• The Extra outlet adder.

Computer Equipment:

• Claymation Studio 2
• Special effect adding software
• Editing Software

List of What I need to Do:

Practice animation 1

Practice animation 2

Set:

• Carve it
• Paint it
• Make Props (From Clay)
• Any leftovers

Shooting

Editing

• Make into single Blob of Movie
• Edit into separate pieces
• Add effects
• Add voiceover

My Personal Project research

Online Websites:
• http://www.kidzdom.com/tutorials/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_animation
• http://www.ehow.com/how_2051098_create-claymation-movie.html
Movies (Both online but movies nevertheless)
Documentary on Clay-mation Uploaded to YouTube
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAFSu8rUiHI
A Simple clay-mation Comedy Series
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjHpikTIeZM&feature=related
Books: (Will be found as pdfs or Bought on amazon)
• http://www.amazon.com/Beginners-Guide-Animation-Everything-Started/dp/0823099229/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1286439565&sr=8-2

• http://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Clay-Animation-Revealed-3/dp/1438200641/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1286439565&sr=8-5
Live Person:
Mom will schedule a live interview with a cartoonist for me; I do not know the person yet

Research

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAFSu8rUiHI
http://www.kidzdom.com/tutorials/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_animation

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Proto Claymation reflection

Proto-claymation reflection

After gathering all the materials that I required during last week, was finaly able to start creating my proto claymation. Saturday, before I could begin making the movie I first had to create the claymation puppet first. Beforehand I created a mold so I could simply put some clay inside of it and take out the puppet. But unfortunately I found that this first mold was highly imperfect. First of all I have to create a little hole at the side of it so I could simply stick my finger in take out the puppet instead of having to scrape it out. Second I found that the clay increases in heat, the more you use it. And the hotter it was the more malleable the clay becomes. The Upside of less malleability was that it remained in place more (Such as when I need to take pictures), but the downside was that the puppet fell apart instead of bending. The Upside of Higher Malleability is that the Puppet can be placed into more complex positions without it ripping, the Downside was that I became stickier and wasn’t as solid so it couldn’t hold its own weight well. As I tried making the puppet using the mold and I experimented a bit with it. A single cut out was kind of weak and did not Work. So I had to combine 2 cut outs together. Then I chopped off the feet and reattached them so they would be more human looking. I also Chopped of the Head and remodeled it so it would be more separately attached. I let the Figure Dry for the night so it would become more stiff and the next day. I asked dad for 2 cameras, one to capture the images with and one to film myself like a documentary. When I started filming it was actually not that hard. I encountered very little problems that I didn’t know I would encounter. The only thing that needs to change is a more solid footing for the puppet. Next off ill make a better mold so I could create figurine puppets faster and easier. A lighting system would be great as well

Journal Prolouge

Journal
Prologeu
Last year when the personal projects where announced I decided (taking from the online reviewer craze) to do a parody of a movie that I didn’t like: Avatar. But not only that make a parody, a CLAYMATION parody. I liked the way claymation moved and I knew I could accomplish a lot more with flexible and maneuverable figurines. I watched some clips online and it did not look too hard. I tried thinking myself doing just that but then realized that although avatar is in fact a bad movie it was not the laughably funny type of movie. So I decided to to a movie about a Robot Pirate Ninja War. But then realizing that I hat not nearly enough time to do so. Over the summer I thought about what to do until I saw an action flash online and decided to do just that. A silly action claymation.


August 22, 2010
Today I first started seriously discussing my project. First I wrote as detailed as I possibly could the basic steps of how I will be making everything. Then Me and dad edited that list slightly and put it on Microsoft excel. We added some time limits on the project and discussed where we could have my basic set. After Some discussion we decided that the Sauna is the best undisturbed place for me to do the project because mom and dad wouldn’t go to it for a while. Dad realized that I will be needing programs for editing and helped me look for some good online programs for stop motion. And as a pre-thought decided that we should make a small short carton within 2 weeks time (the first week we gather materials and on shoot and the next week we edit) in order to test if I could make this thing work. We made a list of from which person I can get the materials from.