Showing posts with label stop motion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stop motion. Show all posts

Friday, May 20, 2011

Photo Collage Friday. {Number Five}

Last night the local art center hosted a viewing of short films created for  a 36-hour film competition.

The requirements: Use one flour tortilla, the film must be filmed downtown (or at least a portion of it) and it must include the line: 'some things are better left unsaid'. The videos also had to be 3 minutes or less.

I will share a link and the video shortly. Here is a behind the scenes look at the making of the movie.

We worked really hard for 36 hours...got very little sleep...and used hundreds of spray painted flour tortillas to create a very unique stop-motion film. 
It was so much fun. 




Thursday, February 3, 2011

Snow day thoughts...and a stop-motion film.

Snow days are like a gift.

A gift of time.

The weather forces us to do things we wouldn't normally do without 16" of snow on the ground. 

We are forced to stop everything, cancel our busy week and just stay home.  We are forced to stare out the window. We are forced to find things to do inside.

A gift of energy.


We are forced to rest, sleep, relax.


To some people this type of isolation is hell. (I know because they've made numerous status updates saying so) But I am trying to embrace every second of this gift. A routine is a routine....it will be here next week....I love being forced to stop. I love it that I am motivated to create things I wouldn't normally have the time or energy to do.


I have had 4 days off this week and I have tried to keep busy every minute. I can't really leave--the snow is up to my knees....so I am hanging out around the house.


Cooking, cleaning, organizing, painting my nails.....

..making felt garland...
...updating my inspiration boards...
....doing my makeup, changing the sheets on my bed, skyping with friends, taking snow-walks at dawn to capture the early morning sunrise glittering on the snow at dawn.


 ....trying to stay off facebook.....

To constantly update your status or post on Facebook during a snowstorm. Normally, because your stuck inside and bored out of your mind.
Also can be used to describe Facebook users who constantly discuss, complain, or post pictures about a snow storm.
Sarah must be snowed in and bored, because she's been snowbooking since the storm started.
The roads haven't been plowed so everyone's snowbooking
.



I haven't been able to sleep much, I have been waking up really early actually....

Here is a little stop motion film I made with some of my cute little ceramic figurines.




I have another idea for a short film (See Tuesday's Snow Day movie here)....I'm going to make it later today...as soon as the sun comes up...maybe I'll make a Vlog too?

Anyway, what have you been doing with all of your 'snow day time?'

Monday, October 18, 2010

Featured on the Birds of a Feather Blog today: Stop Motion Animation

I just love stop motion animation movies.

Recently I decided to go on a quest to find an app for my computer that would allow me to make little videos for my blog.

I came across a free download called FrameByFrame. It is super fun!!

I want to go back and add some music to this little movie, but it is fun like this....






If you have a webcam and a computer, this is a really easy little movie to make! TRY IT!!

If you decide to make a movie, leave a link in the comments, I would love to see it!