A few years ago I taught a children's art class, mostly craft type things and few fundamental things like landscapes and human faces. However, for the final project they wanted to do a stop-motion film, (They had seen the sets from one that I was working on.) Needless to say it was a challenge but they had fun and really enjoyed the final outcome. I have to say it was definitely the most fun project I've worked on despite the fact that it was a nightmare to find any useable footage. But that's what makes me love it so much, stop-motion is a very tedious form of animation, but the fact that children were involved as much as they were and enjoyed the process as much as they did makes me overlook all of the technical issues. I'm sure if I was using Premier or Final Cut I could have polished it more, but it wouldn't have made the film any better or anymore meaningful. In fact I don't think the kids would have cared if it looked like a Martin Scorsese film or a piece of lint rolling across the floor, it was the process of making it that they enjoyed. A lot of times that can become the case were we are so focused on what the final outcome is going to be and we lose sight of why it is we love movies and want to make them. Its amazing what children have to teach us "All Knowing" media students.
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