My Stop Motion Link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCuL06K4NRk

Stopmotion reflection

I decided my idea to do it with clay because its easy and the items that I had to transform were difficult. My idea did changed, I added some details to the hookah and I changed the background a little bit. I didnt had any challenge, I did everything correctly and it went perfectly. I did enjoy the process of making a stop-motion animation because I really like things to do with photography and art. If I had a chance to redo my animation I think that I would make the elephant walk around the beggining. Animation is a career that I am interested in since I try to do everything perfectly and I dont get frustrated while doing it and I put lost of effort in it. Not only that but, I have a great imagination.

Medium Selection

The medium that I've selected is plasticine. I selected this medium because I think that for my idea it is the easiest one since is a whole single piece. The other mediums that I considered before choosing what I choose is drawing. I could use this medium but i think the effect wouldn't be as cool as using plasticine. The greatest challenge working with this medium is that its going to be very hard to give form to the hookah since its a very difficult sculpture to do. As you can see, the medium that I choose is plasticine.

Stop Motion

Stop Motion is when you take a lot of picture till you get something that looks like a movie. The effect that the viewer gets is a movie full of pictures but they are very similar so it looks like a movie but not very clear and smooth. With Stop Motion you can do things you cant in videos unless is in a computer. For example, if you want to do an effect with no need of the computer you can do it very easily.

I think people would create videos in this manner to show people what they are able to do and to have a bigger effect on the viewer. They want to show how creative they are and the things are moving by themselves, in videos your hands or something would show and it would look as cool. The steps is to take a picture to every little movement you make. You have to be really careful on not messing up because if you do a mistake everything gets ruined and you hae to do it all over again. As you can see, Stop Motion videos are a very cool way to do creative videos.

William Kentridge

William Kentridge's work was outstanding. He is best known for his series of stop-motion animated films, which are made by repeatedly erasing and reworking charcoal drawings. His work makes me feel very surprised and it makes me get the feeling that everything is possible. Kentridge deals with subjects as sobering as apartheid, colonialism, and totalitarianism and his work is often imbued with dreamy.

If I had to explain his work to a blind person I would tell them that it looks like if its a video since the pictures are very well taken and the paintings are well created. Not only that but, it has no color, everything is in black and white. Even though most of his paintings are charcoal drawings, it looks very clean. As you can see, Kentridge's work is a very famous artist that is very well known all over the world.

Vanishing Species

Animal extinction is serious problem that is occurring on Earth. If animals disappear, the changes across the face of the Earth would be dramatic and we as humans wouldn't resist and die. Some causes of animals becoming endangered are habitat loss, pollution, irregulated or illegal killing and disease. Humans are the main cause of animals becoming extinct and it's really sad because most of the people don't care and only think about themselves.

Endangered species need to be take care of extremely good because most causes are caused by humans. The first cause is habitat loss; a habitat is an ecosystem a species needs to live in. Construction of homes, buildings, roads, timber harvesting, loss of farmlands and the creation of farmlands are making the habitat disappear. The second cause is pollution, pollution can be seen in the air, water or ground and it affects dramatically. Toxic substances dumped in a wooded area will destroy the soil and the species that live in it. Not only that but, it will also get into the groundwater below it.

The third cause is irregulated or illegal killing, sometimes this killing is due to ignorance about species and it needs to be strictly controlled.The fourth cause is disease. Most diseases occur naturally,but sometimes humans introduce diseases and problems into a species. The most example is DDT. DDT is an insecticide that was used all over the United States, it was found in water & soil and eventually worked its way up the food chain.

In brief, the vanishing of species is a very alarming situation that needs to be controlled or regulated. This is one of the most important problems in Earth history since amazing and important animals are disappearing causing a lot of panic and harm. People should pay more attention to the problem since it will make a great effect on their life too.

Rotoball project

I'm going to get the ball from the left and I'm going to stretch it into a surfboard. I'm going to go flying to the moon surfing. When i get there I'm going to jump to earth. There, I'm going to grab the moon and throw it into the air. In the air, is going to turn into a firework and the sparkles are going to land on my hand. I'm going to make the sparkles a ball with my hand and throw it to right.