Chalk board animation

The aim of this session was to create a stop motion animation in groups, using the apps we had found on our phones. It was to be made using chalk on black paper. We were shown this video as inspiration:



Our chalkboard animation
We sketched out ideas and decided on a cloud. The idea is that the sad cloud snows and shrinks, as the falling snow forms another cloud underneath, which then rises up to replace the original cloud - so it's like an endless cycle.

We drew the frames one at a time on black paper - it would have been better if we had a chalkboard, as it made it much harder to erase, and towards the end was very blurry.

We used the stop motion app PicPac on a phone, took a photo of the frame, changed the image slightly, took frame, changed slightly etc, app put approx 100 frames together to form a short animation.

We achieved what we aimed to and got the sequence we had planned. I think we used enough frames to make it look fairly smooth, but it would have been better if we'd used more. However the chalk didn't rub out very well, leaving a noticeable 'ghost' mark behind, so the last part of the animation is difficult to see because of this. I think it would have been better if we could have used a real chalkboard.

I enjoyed this technique because it's simple to do and if done properly it can look really effective like in the video.