Evalution of the Day.

I spent today making a mind map about the work we have previously done on the course.
The mind map included colourful titles and colourful descriptive texts to make it all stand out.
Also, on the next page of my sketchbook, i did a brief evaluative summary of each project we did.

For each of the evaluative descriptions, i discussed the materials i used, what i had to do for the task with the materials, and if the task was successful and effective, and what to improve on next time.
I evaluated for the tasks in which we made the Comic Strips, ID Cards, Countdown and Paper Faces, even though i wasn't present for the Paper Faces task.

There is a check list for all the things we need to do by Thursday next week to pass, which includes:
Mind map of the work done so far.
Research on animation and portraiture artists.
Write-ups of projects done so far using different materials in animation (Drawing, Beads, Paper, Photography).
Critique 'Nobody Beats the Drum' (the use of blocks).
Papermation research (South Park Critique: Paper as a form of animation).
Big Draw evidence.
Print outs of everything from your blog stuck in sketch book.
Mind map of final piece (Black and White Face).
Final Piece black and white animated portrait.
Evaluation - How did the creative craft (portraits) help support your techniques and processes (Paper Faces Animation).

In the last part of the day, i brainstormed and mind mapped ideas about what i would do for my final piece of a face animation. I wrote down such ideas like the location ideas, music, character templates, and whether the shots will be zoomed in or out.

Also, we had to research about claymation animation. Here is the information i found out about it.

Claymation is a form of stop motion. You can create anything out of a malleable substance, like plasticine, and use it to create anything and move it. You take pictures of each of the movements, and in the end, edit them together to create an animation.
It's sometimes important to make sure the lighting stays the same, to keep the atmosphere and idea the same. You don't want a cheery animation to turn into a negative one because it began to get dark.
Also, it's a wise choice to use a tripod to make sure the pictures you take stay in the same position and don't shake when you put the animation together.
The whole process is very laborious process.

Clay animated films were produced in the United States as early as 1908, when Edison Manufacturing released a trick film entitled The Sculptor's Welsh Rarebit Dream. In 1916, clay animation became something of a fad, as an artist named Helena Smith Dayton and a West Coast animator named Willie Hopkins produced clay-animated films on a wide range of subjects. Hopkins in particular was prolific, producing over fifty clay-animated segments. Three-dimensional forms such as clay were driven into relative obscurity as the cel method became the preferred method for the studio cartoon.