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 have researched what defines stop motion
animation and who pioneered it to begin with. I have
also learned that it is a very time-consuming piece to
film with a lot of planning involved.
I have considered using drawn backgrounds
alongside papercut animation to create a home
video-like effect.
I learned from my planning how many photos it would
take to complete the animation which has helped me
prepare the timing of each segment of my video.
Unfortunately, I am not on track as this evaluation
itself is behind, I am yet to finish the example
animations but everything else is complete.
I need to complete the example animations to stay
on track, alongside this I must complete the
evaluation table.

Week 2 This week you produced your stop motion animation

How helpful did you find your
planning whilst photographing
your animation?
What challenges did you face
with your chosen material? How
did you overcome these?
The planning was very helpful as it allowed me to
break the video up and tackle it from a much more
efficient and stress-free approach. This helped to finish
the animation rather quickly and give the final
product its desired effect.
The challenges I faced with my material is my own
drawing abilities and what time of day I shot at as that
would decide the colour of the paper. The way I
overcame these was by creating drafts to model off

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?
of for my final drawings and making sure to film within
the same time window.
I made sure to take 24 photos for every second of
footage I wanted, alongside this I made sure that the
editing software was set to 24fps with 1 image per
frame.
I am rather happy with my final product. I had to
make some last-minute revisions as I was unhappy
with it conveying what I wanted it to but it has finally
come out how envisioned. Unfortunately, It slightly fell
short of 30 seconds which I had to cover up with the
end slogan, I also felt I had slightly messed up on the
lighting as some shots are brighter than others.
I completed all of my animation filming outside lessons
as it was all set and ready to go, this shaved off a lot
of time as I did not need to prepare to bring it into
lesson.
I am on track this week bar the last-minute changes I
made to my animation, other than that I am
completely up to date.
I do however need to make 2 more example
animations as I missed those and definitely add more
detail to my primary research.