Final Project

For my first interview I interviewed my grandpa. Here is the link to the interview questions and answers.

For my second interview I interviewed my grandma, She doesn't know too much about her family history so I didn't get as much information as I hoped. Here is a link to the interview questions and answers.

I emailed my grandpa, the same person for my first interview. He helped me out a lot on this project. Here is a link to the email I sent him.

In my family tree I only went up to my grandparents, but I did all my cousins which you will see is a lot of people. Along with my step siblings too. Here is a link to my FamilyEcho.

In my Prezi I did some family members on both my moms and dads side of the family. Here is my Prezi


In my infographic I included information about my families businesses that they owned and also when my ancestors came to America.

November 19

Reflecting on the comments and grade of your stop-motion animation... what you would do differently if you had to do it all over again? Would you manage your time better? Find better lighting for your photos? Come up with a better idea? Explain what you would change about your video.

If I could do this project again I would pick a more creative idea and take more pictures. I would spend way more time taking pictures. The main thing I would change is my idea and the time I spent taking the pictures, or at least add things to my idea to make it more creative. When watching all the other videos I noticed how creative theirs were and how many pictures they took, so I would definitely change my idea and the time I spent.

November 17

Tell me about your weekend.

My weekend wasn't too exciting. On Friday I hung out with my friends. On Saturday I worked in the morning and afternoon then I went and hung out again. On Sunday I went and got some clothes and then I just helped my dad out on the upstairs of my house, we are redoing the upstairs. 

November 14

Tell me about your experience with taking your stop-motion photos. What problems did you run in to? What did you find difficult about the process? What would you go back and change about HOW you took the photos? Explain yourself.

My experience was pretty easy when I was taking my pictures. A problem I ran into was finding a place for my camera to stay still. I found it difficult moving the object small enough so it would look like its moving. If I could go back I would take more time in taking my pictures and move the object slower and find a better place for my camera. I had my camera sitting on my desk and it would fall down a few times. 

What is my idea? How is my idea creative? How am I going to execute my idea? 

My idea is going to be making my bed. This idea is creative because it'll look really cool and look like the bed is making its self. I am going to execute my idea by slowly making my bed and taking a ton of pictures for it. 

November 10th

What is stop motion animation? If you don't know, look it up! Explain

 Its an animation technique that makes an object look like it moves on its own. The object is moved a little in every frame, creating the illusion that its moving when playing all the frames at one time.

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5 Frame Storyboard