Saturday, December 7, 2013

I Fly in a Rocket Ship

This is how Esmé and Papa spent the afternoon today...



How to make a stop motion movie with a 4 year old.

1. Record her telling a story.
2. Paint a backdrop (in this case, a red house with a purple sky.)
3. Make the characters out of clay (in this case, Clifford Expertation and his mom, Little Janny.)  
4. Get out the camera and take a lot of pictures of the characters moving around (in this case 370 pictures.)
5. Write the title of the film on a piece of paper and take more pictures.
6. Play a random song on the piano.
7. Get Papa to upload everything onto the computer (in this case Final Cut) and assemble it together.
8. Watch it a million times.
9. Share it with your family so they can watch it a million times.
10. Watch it when she's gone off to college and cry like a baby.


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