Week 3 Monday Lesson

This lesson we worked reallly well. Maddy was working on the earth spining in photoshop and Jazzy was working on the queen stick and crown in photoshop. While they were doing that i was adding a sparkle glissen to when the washer opens up to show that it is a magical land. I found a detailed turorial on the internet and followed it in photoshop. i found it quite easy as i had already done something like that for my previous avatar.

lesson 3

This lesson we did alot! first we exported the specific frames that we need to have animation on. We exported it to my USB and then from there opened the first frame individually in photoshop. From here we found a picture of the earth to use for the earth animation.  as thats how we wanted it to look. after this we copied and pasted it to the photoshop in a new layer and placed it over the glass part on the washer. i turned the opacity right down so that you could just see it i think it was about 15%. I then made a mask and rubbed out the title handle bit that goes over the washer circle. we got a type of animated one. i then saved it as a png and labeled it fade 1. This is meaning the fade of the earth so i can keep them in order when i go back to import into the istop file. while i was doing this jazmin and mady were working on the part were the queen stick and crown gets animated on my head. They were doing it basically the same way but with a crown and stick instead of earth. Once i had finished fadeing in the earth on the next frame i started to turn the earth. I only got 2 frames into that though because we had to save and packup.

Sunday filming part 2

The next part was filmed on me sitting on top of the washer. At first i just sit there and sway my head. Because whilst that is happening a world will be animated onto the washer. We though it would be good to have a newpaper apear in my hands for like 1 second just to keep it interesting. Then after that i hold my hand out and we will animate a queen stick to be in my hand and a crown on my hand. These animations will match the lyrics of the song. 

 Mady and Jazmin were directing me on what to do at which parts so the timing was perfect. they were going by what the planning board said. and the time down the bottom of the istop program was used so we could see what time we were up to.

 This is the next part were i go hop in the washer because my character gets bored waiting. she climbs in and the camera is following her in. This is why mady is holding the camera because she is following me in. This created a jerky kind of wobbly camera action which looked really good at the end. Once the camera was in reach for me i grabbed it and then more bits were shot of me bring in the camera to the washer and then finally just pushing to the edge so the screen goes almost black. That is the end of the real life part of the whole movie. Now in the washer is the magical land which will be filmed at school.

overall the filming went pretty smoothly although there was some problems along  the way. Like we had planned for me to walk up to the front door and open it. But at the laundry the door was locked shut so we had to improvise. to fill in this time i just drop a peice of clothing and then pick it up. This worked good. another problem was that we were filming in a public place and therefore had to wait until people had finished using the washers so they wouldnt be in the shot. This just made the process a little slower but did not effect the overall result.

Sunday filming part 1

On Sunday we filmed the first scenes for our movie. It is the real life part before she goes into the washer into the magical land. The first part we filmed was the part were i walk into the laundry mat with my full basket of clothes. Jazmin and madi were set up across the carpark about 10 metres away from the entry. They had a laptop sitting on a brown square on a piano stool this gave it a perfect height to film from. i would take one step and then they would take about 2-3 pictures then they would call out step!!! and i would take another step and hold it. thats pretty much how we did the walking in part. Jazmin was in charge of taking the photos and madi was working out the times and how much time we had left to stay on track of our plan. 

 We then moved in side. First the camera was set up in the postion below and then we started to film. i just moved continously and they took continous shots to get a kind of smoother look. once i got to the machine i put the basket down. we then stopped filming for a bit and tied all of the clothes together in a big chain. We then put them all back in the basket still joined. For the next part i was basically still just waching the clothes move. Madi was taking the shots while jazmin was coming over and moving the clothes in one by one. This created the effect that the clothes were being dragged into the washing machine in one long chain. 

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Story Board 8

Story Board 7

Story Board 6

Lesson 2 Term 3

This lesson we got through alot! First we went to  the art rooms to get black and wide card to make our set. We then finished off our planning list. This was explaining for each scene if we need any animation included and the exact movements of the photos we need to take against the green screen. once this was finished we printed all the sheets of planning we have, the shot list and the plan of animation and photos. While i was printing Jazmin and Madi were finishing doing the last story board for the ending scene. Once we had all finished we got a large white piece of paper and stuck every sing bit of planning we had to help us shoot the movie. The image below shows what the planning board looks like. Up the top on the numbered paper is the story boards in order. Underneath is the very detailed shot list and photo and animation plan. This will be very helpful to use when we are filming as it will all be there ready for us to look at. instead of trying to find each sheet and find the orders of them it is already there clear and in order! Lastly we went to the library and hired out a laptop for the weekend so we can use iStop when we are filming the first scene at the coin laundry. 

The movie

I noticed the environment of the movie was relaxing and calm. The animation was limited as the scenes were jerky. I though it was very interesting how everything was made out of paper books.