major project

Well as is per usual, i have had a disaster. The change in temperatures over the last week or so has meant that my clay models, despite being non air drying, have become brittle, and now flake apart like cheese strings every time you pose them into different positions. This has meant that the Twits idea is now completely out of question, however i have written a new script, "midnight mischief" still stop motion, using toys etc from my home and bringing them to life at night in my house. Although these problems with stop motion have set me back, they will give me a lot to write about in the report, i have learnt a lot about building skeletons for the models, posing clay models, what kind of clay you can and can't use,how long it takes to make just one model..etc etc etc   The pressures of stop motion do mean that it is important that if your doing this on your own, you keep it simple, as it will save you time and money, as well as looking better in the edit, complicated stop motion really is only possible with a big budget,lots of time, and lots of people. Although i was told i really should be researching the big boys of stop motion such as Nick Aardman etc, I found it more beneficial to research amateurs, because they are on the same budgets as myself, and same constraints with equipment.

I am also on Jo C's project as cam op, and we will be filming at the expo on Sunday, which as much as I'm looking forward to it, I am also concerned about filming around 50,000 people, seeing as I've never done this before, and the health and safety risks to myself could be a problem.. I'm pretty sure Jo C will make sure everything will be properly assessed before we film, but I am still nervous. It will also be a good test run of my cam op skills, as i will be on hand held, on the Sony-xd cam all day, which in itself will present quite a challenge. Sensible shoes, and plenty of water, and probably some chocolate will help.   Fingers crossed...