Stop Motion

"★★★★" --StopM Chronicle

"The best abstract movie of 2011" --The 3D Times

This Indie drama questions motion, action, and relation. Seemingly unrelated, the characters come together and fall apart in unexpected, sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes humorous ways. What can they find in common, and what will tear them apart? With stunning performances by Fiberso Knitting, Yarnathan Weaver, and Braidy String. Directed by the four time Mosher Award winner Alana Tivnan. "The theme is one of appreciating a sequence of motions, that speak eloquently for themselves. It is yarn for yarn's sake. The beauty is found in the lack of underlying meaning. You make the meaning your own." 

Coming soon to Tower cinemas.

Shannon Gomillion Stop Motion

Education has become something that officials control with money. It used to be held high in the worlds eyes, but whenever the government needs more money, it seems like the cuts are always to education. The students try to get what they can trusting that their education would be cared for and protected by the government and officials, but the truth is that it is not. Education has become so corrupt that the money hungry take all that they can and it overwhelms students.

Recycled Fashion

What most people may not realize is that fashion doesn't always have to do with clothes. Fashion can be defined as a popular trend, prevailing custom, or conventional usage in dress, etiquette, socializing, etc. This short stop motion animation film, "Recycled Fashion", is here to promote a new fashion, the 3 R's: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle! Not enough people take the time to follow the 3 R's even if they are aware of how much it could help the earth. If you bring your own bags with you when you shop, you can reduce your waste. You can reinvent cothing that you would otherwise throw away which is a way to reuse, and recycle. With the help of music artist, Jack Johnson's song "The 3 R's" watch as the usage of recyclable items transforms into a cute and fun recycled fashion look! Catch "Recycled Fashion's" on-screen debut today, December 5, 2011 at around 4:40p.m.

Too Much of a Good Thing

We all want things, sometimes we want too much of something that is good. In the film, Too Much of a Good Thing directed and produced by Larann Persons, she explores the representation of what consumerism does using the theme of Christmas. It builds you up and looks good in small quantities. However, when there is a never ending supply, where do we draw the line? Have we lost what this time of year is truly about? This question is left to us...what matters most in our lives? Starring in this magical movie is the world renown Small Cloud Nine, Big Cloud Ten and the musical styling of Ben Acri. Rush out today and watch it at your local YouTube Theaters!

Fortune's Cookie

Fortune's Cookie is a succinct depiction of an ancient Chinese myth. "A day in the life," if you will. The beautiful story of how cranes come to be and the origin of the fortune cookie, educational and fun for the whole family. This kitschy take on a classic story keeps you intrigued and expectant of the unexpected. Staring award winning Krane and for the first time acting since their grammy win, C3. The first screening will be held on December 5th, 2011 in the Tower building at 5pm. Refreshments will hopefully be served. 

Love Potion Stop Motion Animation by Nichole Bischoff

Love potion is the must see stop motion animation of the year, the story of heart break and loss. Left with no other choice a magical solution is found. Will love magic and prevail or will all go awry? How far would you go for love? Find out in this heart pounding tale of mystery, devotion, and magic, coming to Mosher theaters in December.

The Rebellion Of Green

The Rebellion Of Green is coming soon to theatres near you. Actually, only one theatre! The Mind Blowing Mosher Cinema will be showing this breathtaking drama on December 5th 4:40pm! It's the story of The Primary Color spray cans, the beginnings of color, who face the dramatic rebellion of their own mix, The Autonomous Green. A Larry V. Madrigal film presents this heart pounding, hair pulling, and teeth gnashing story no one can miss.

"Music & Material Things" Stop-Motion Press Release

http://youtu.be/7chpxuKkhws

Music & Material Things, a Short Film by Ruby Ball

“Music & Material Things” is a short stop-motion film by amateur director Ruby Ball. This short film is a commentary on how music has the ability to make even the dimmest situations seem vivid and bright. Some days just don’t go as planned and are filled with one horrible event after another. “Music & Material Things” illustrates that despite all of the gloom, music can still bring out the sunshine. “Music and Material Things” will be premiering in the Tower Building/Room 121 on Monday, December 4th, 2011 for an exclusive one night only showing. This viewing is free and open to the public. Don’t miss out on this once in a lifetime opportunity!

Jordyn Richey Presents "Every Day" a Short Film on Individual Experience

The short film "Every Day" will premier on Monday, December 5th with an exclusive screening in Tower room 121 on ASU campus. The film takes viewers on a journey following a giant, six-foot-tall dandelion seed as it travels throughout the campus. Time doesn't matter at all to the seed, unlike the surrounding college students, all of whom rush to stay on the rigid schedules that rule most of our lives. The film forces viewers to contemplate the individual experience and it differs from person to person. This exclusive event is open to the media. No RSVP is necessary. Refreshments will be available to those who attend.

If you're a PC

Ok folks, here's the free software I've found for stop motion animation on Windows machines:

For stop motion try: http://www.fourchambers.org/fcs_stop_motion_animation_software.php

And for video editing try: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=34

Please understand that, as a mac, I have not used either of these, but they look pretty straight forward. If you've got a PC laptop, bring it on Wednesday and we can play around with this software.

UPDATE:  That stop motion software doesn't seem to work with photos you have already taken, but windows movie maker might.  Try setting the duration od each imported photo to 0.125s.

WMM can go down to about 1/8th second per frame. Set the default duration in Tools > Options then add the frames to the timeline. After that you could save the movie, reimport and double/quadruple the speed using the 'Speed Up, Double' effect once or twice if it isn't quick enough.

Nichole Bischoff Shop Drop

 I've seen more and more the need to think for yourself is becoming unnecessary. Why should we? We have magazines like Cosmo to tell us what to buy, how to dress, and what to think. This magazine is full of the same things every month with a new cover girl. The likes of which have never been over weight or anything but gorgeous. The media is teaching us how to be superficial. Are we as mindless as these magazines make us out to be? Why are we wasting our time and money on this periodical vomit? I hope that by placing my version of the Cosmo magazine that the people who see it will get a laugh of course, but also think about what Cosmo really is. Cosmo is one of many magazines that sells the superficial dream for only $3.99.

Katie Dunphy shop drop

Have you ever felt like you weren’t up to the public eyes standards? That’s ok me too, especially since I’m not as orange as Snookie. This doesn’t make sense right!? Well then what the heck are we doing to the younger generation of America. Adds and gimmicks are being shoved in their faces about not being beautiful unless you have pounds of makeup on your face, revealing cloths and a super hot boyfriend. The younger generation is being suffocated with media vomit and they cant tell up from down in the twisted world were in. Its confusing them so much that they are trying to be the only somewhat stable and non changing thing in their life, their dolls. About ten months ago a report came on the news about fast selling Bratz dolls. Little girls were hitting their heads in attempts to get them to swell so they could look like a Bratz doll. When confronted with the question of why they did this their answers shocked the media with “because I want to be pretty.” After remembering this terrifying story I know I had a project idea. Basing my idea mostly on MTV, because the people on this channel are oh-so-real and down to earth like the 7th heaven family. The Bratz doll I chose was Nadine, mostly because of her funny box. Her box reads “ My friends call me Miss Sterious, cuz I’m full of secrets.” Your full of secrets all right, hence why I made you preggers! But seriously I couldn’t help myself it was the perfect set up. Based off of the show 16 and pregnant I decided to make poor Nadine pregnant, because the “reality show” clearly expresses how glamorous and awesome it is to be pregnant…and 16, and isn’t that exactly what the show is conveying to its audience? Hurry get pregnant at 16 cause there is no other possible time you can ever be pregnant again, at least not when its cool. Next I decided to make her orange, from a spray tan duh! Why you ask? Well because all the popular people on basically every show on this ridiculous channel spray tans, and if that’s not totally tv show worthy I don’t know what is! After I gave her minor detail beauty finishes, like a lip piercing. Because no good reality show almost-mom should ever be without a facial piercing or tattoo. To finish the ensemble I gave her a nice good natural hooker makeup look with hoop earrings and all. Oops don’t forget the pink hair, because nothing screams classy like pink hair. So don’t forget kids if you want to be beautiful follow these steps and just watch a bunch of MTV’s “reality shows.”

Shannon Gomillion Shop Drop

For this shop drop, I decided to take on the issue of Medical marijuana. I have never supported medical marijuana because i feel that it is just another way for easy access to drugs. My own Mother was diagnosed with Leukemia at a young age. My dad was with her the entire time. He told me that even though it was for medical purposes, all they did was get high for fun. Although, i do believe that in some cases that marijuana can help an ill person eat, i do not think that it is the only way to get a person hungry. To me, it is all a game for companies to make money. I also believe that by allowing medical marijuana, people began to think that the crack down of possession was less extreme. I think that it opened the door for more people to possess it. It feels like the medical companies are saying , skip the prescription, grow it at home! I know that the people voted for it which makes me believe that people like marijuana not just for medical use but for personal use as well. My shop drop was to show how I feel marijuana has become an easy access to the public.

Western Spaghetti

Excellent abstract representation example.

Boat installation, by Alana, Cara, Katie, and Monique

Our boat addresses the theme of childhood. It is based upon the story of a little boy who wants to slow down the day and sets out with a magical net to capture the sun. We created a literal net, and used a lantern to represent the sun. This story is found in New Zealand, Native American culture, as well as some Eastern cultures. Since it is a universal story and theme, we created a simply structured boat, so that it merely represents a boat as opposed to a particular culture. We interpreted the theme of the story to be one of slowing down time. This is a universal theme for all children that wish to stay young, and all adults that feel wistful as their youth fades. We painted the boat black and white to represent the duality of innocence and the loss of innocence. Children are purely innocent, and lose that when they grow older. However, people still remain innocent to an extent throughout their life. The net is purple simply because we felt purple and yellow, as complementary colors, would look aesthetically pleasing, and also it would make the net and “sun” the focal point. We placed it in front of the Memorial Union in part because of the heavy traffic, and therefore optimum exposure, and in part because of the sand there. We wanted the boat to look as though it had gotten washed up on a shore and abandoned.

My Little Red Rocket/Boat- Moeur Building installation

The original idea for this boat was a rocket ship and having it installed near one of the buildings that houses exhibits and classes for the School of Earth and Space Exploration (SESE) was a simple choice for our group. The aesthetic choices we made in the color and shape of the rocket/boat were meant to evoke a very specific type of rocket ship within the viewer.
The bowed out shape of the boat (the top and bottom being smaller than the middle) and the bright red paint color along with the exaggerated curves and relative size of the wings reference an iconic cartoon rocket. For the average viewer this might transport them back to a time when the human relationship with transportation into space was a very prevalent discussion in the realm of popular culture.
The childlike appearance of the rocket when compared to a rocket that could actually launch echoes the artistic liberties that were taken during the space race in movies, shows, and space themed paraphernalia. As compared to someone who is involved in the programs related to the SESE, the average person might not initially think of these glaring discrepancies. The rocket thus evokes a different reaction in the viewer relative to their own take on space exploration and rocket ships. This leads to the final conceptual point that our rocket aims to bring to the surface, the attitude of an average individual in today's society toward the space program. When contrasted to an earlier time in the space program's history the attitude of today has faded from one of excitement and preoccupation with the transportation of the future to one of ambivalence.

The Secret Garden - Ruby Ball, Jordyn Richey, Tiernan Warner

Before we even had any ideas about the concept of our boat, we chose the Secret Garden as our location, as it seemed to be the perfect spot to house a boat based on some aspect of human relationships. It was only when we all met in the Secret Garden that our concept began to take shape. We all seemed to be drawn to the idea of the most fundamental human relationship of all: with oneself. Then we started to examine the different shapes that solitude can take on. Solitude can be a place of great pain, loneliness, and isolation. Though it can also be the root of deep peace and joy. We wanted our boat to capture the journey that one must travel alone in order to find their individual happiness. We decided on a simple, classic rowboat shape, for its universality, and a whitewashed and battered finish to exemplify the difficulty and age-old quality of this journey. It was very important to us that our boat was clearly for only one person, thus we put in one chair, along with “supplies” for one person. As for the canopy, we wanted to make the person sitting in the chair feel closed off from the world, which could be interpreted as either an eerie isolation or a comforting solitude. Across from the chair, which is surrounded by scattered nails, is a lantern and a frenzy of vines. We wanted the bow of the boat, which the chair faces, to represent a place of light and growth: a place for the individual to aspire to. Lastly, we wanted to make our boat interactive because, although it is a solo journey, this “journey” is a part of the human experience. We wanted to invite viewers into this space of solitude to reflect on their own journey, and to possibly find some comfort in knowing that they are not completely alone on their own path.

Oasis, Where is the water?

Our boat, The Oasis, asks the public a question of "Where is the water?" The picture below is a before shot of asking them to write with permanent markers provided, a response to our question. These permanent markers are adhered using Velcro strips on multiple sides of the boat and to the sign to allow multiple people to write at the same time. The markers are covered in a custom label reflecting the theme and question of our boat. Our ideas stemmed from wanting an interactive piece and our question. We wanted to know what people thought and how they would react to the question posed. The color choices for the boat are light blue and cream. The boat is made from plywood and oak. The sail is made from canvas, twine, paint and wood. These choices of materials were chosen to reflect water and natural qualities. the name Oasis was chosen to show that there is water in a desert and to compare that to our question. The site selection at University and College Avenue allows a vast public interaction due to the high volume of people traveling through there, the desert life that surrounds the site depicts why we need water.

Before:

After:

Unfortunately, we might have asked for too much participation. Seeing as our boat was stolen or moved to a location we know not of on Friday the 11th. Now the question is "Where is our boat?" So, if anyone sees it let us know. Our group members consist of Annie Persons, Larry Valencia, Nichole Bischoff, and Shannon Gomillion. 

My favorite stop motion music video:

Awash, Adrift, Away - Walking Tour

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