Our First Stop Motion Video!

One Day Without Shoes from Melanie Burnell on Vimeo.

This is our first shot at stop motion! It was a great learning experience, even if it isn't perfect.

Thanks, Vannah and Toms!


From the www.Toms.com website:

WHY SHOES?

Many children in developing countries grow up barefoot. Whether at play, doing chores or going to school, these children are at risk:

•A leading cause of disease in developing countries is soil-transmitted diseases, which can penetrate the skin through bare feet. Wearing shoes can help prevent these diseases, and the long-term physical and cognitive harm they cause.

•Wearing shoes also prevents feet from getting cuts and sores. Not only are these injuries painful, they also are dangerous when wounds become infected.

•Many times children can't attend school barefoot because shoes are a required part of their uniform. If they don't have shoes, they don't go to school. If they don't receive an education, they don't have the opportunity to realize their potential.

Tomorrow is our "Day without Shoes!"

S.J. is raising awareness for "One Day without Shoes" during tomorrow's assembly.

Here is more information on the event:

http://www.onedaywithoutshoes.com/

Subtractive Sculpture

Sculpture: Modeling, Carving or Found Object.

"Modeling is additive: as it follows the logic of assembly, it accumulates substance toward achievement.

Carving, as a subtractive process, is the opposite of modeling. The effects of carving can be seen whenever meaning is created by stripping something away, or where a new form takes shape by means of removal. The subtractive (reductive) method we associate with carving can be a tool for creative destruction or a means of refinement and intensification.

The most famous description of the reductive process is Michelangelo’s image of a figure trapped inside of a block of stone. He also explained that he carved as if he were witnessing the revelation of a submerged object."

Source: www.StoneProject.org


"Atlas" by Michelangelo


"Pieta" By Michelangelo

Whistleless - Stop Motion Using Potato Prints

Sometimes it takes a while to find your voice!


Info:

A short film by Siri Melchior
The film was made using thousands of Potato Prints which were then scanned in and used as textures for the animation.
The film was a co-production between Trunk Animation in London and Dansk Tegnefilm in Denmark.

Somewhere

Somewhere from miadox on Vimeo.

Miadox

Info:

"Somewhere" is a timelapse film about the world's natural beauty alongside man made industrial wonders.

This is an ongoing project and this is the first installment.

Quote o' the Week

"Don't find fault. Find a remedy."
~ Henry Ford

"There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today."
~ Mignon McLaughlin

"Do it, and then you will feel motivated to do it."
~ Zig Ziglar

Mork

Mork from Phil Borst on Vimeo.