This is my trial animation that I created just so I could get more familiar with the whole process of creating stop-motion and how Windows MovieMaker works.
To make this, I started off with a white blank piece of paper, a tri-pod with a camera on it facing the floor, and a marker pen so I could write out the title of the show. I started to take many shots of the piece of paper, and gradually I wrote out the title of the show, bit by bit, until I finally got the whole name on the sheet.
After finally finishing taking all of my photographs, I then uploaded them to my drive on the computer and opened them in Windows MovieMaker; I dragged all of the pictures into the editing bit of MovieMaker and shortened each clip so that the stop-motion flowed okay. After doing this, I realised that the stop-motion was still a bit jumpy but MovieMaker wouldn't let me shorten the clips anymore, so what I did was converted my clips to a movie file, and then opened a new MovieMaker project. With this new project, I dragged in my clip that I had just converted and right clicked on it and selected 'Speed Up, Double' so that it sped up my overall stop-motion and it fitted together better. I then converted this to a movie-file and my video was done.
With my trial stop-motion, I tried not to be too over-the-top and try too much, just incase it failed, but seeing as this one was just a simple one and it worked out okay, I think it turned out pretty successful and this sort of thing could be used for my final piece, but obviously a bit more advanced.
This is another trial animation I created using Photoshop and MovieMaker.
To create this, I first of all got a picture of a map from Google images; when I first got the map, it was covered in names of the different states and not as vibrantly coloured. I proceeded to colour in the names of the states so that they blended in with the background colours; I achieved this by using the 'Eyedropper' tool - which picks up the colour you are selecting and puts it into the colour's pallette - and using the 'Brush' tool to colour over the names of the states.
After this, I went back onto Google images, found a picture of a cartoon plane, and pasted it into photoshop. Using the 'Polygon Lasso Tool', I cut around the outside of the plane and removed the background. Then, I pasted it into Photoshop, and gradually moved it across the page, saving the image each time the plane moved.
Finally, when the plane was near where 'Hollywood' was supposed to be, I downloaded a 'Hollywood' font and wrote it's name on the page, making sure it stood out. I also added a star for where the plane would stop, symbolizing the high quality of life and glamour in Hollywood and upped the Saturation of the overall image, so that it looked more vibrant and lively.
To create this, I first of all got a picture of a map from Google images; when I first got the map, it was covered in names of the different states and not as vibrantly coloured. I proceeded to colour in the names of the states so that they blended in with the background colours; I achieved this by using the 'Eyedropper' tool - which picks up the colour you are selecting and puts it into the colour's pallette - and using the 'Brush' tool to colour over the names of the states.
After this, I went back onto Google images, found a picture of a cartoon plane, and pasted it into photoshop. Using the 'Polygon Lasso Tool', I cut around the outside of the plane and removed the background. Then, I pasted it into Photoshop, and gradually moved it across the page, saving the image each time the plane moved.
Finally, when the plane was near where 'Hollywood' was supposed to be, I downloaded a 'Hollywood' font and wrote it's name on the page, making sure it stood out. I also added a star for where the plane would stop, symbolizing the high quality of life and glamour in Hollywood and upped the Saturation of the overall image, so that it looked more vibrant and lively.
