Week 1 stop motion group project

In this group project with April, Aika, Jennifer and Andy we created a short stop motion film of Totoro and Evil Fox.

The story shows the friendly Totoro returing our jewelleries stolen by the Evil Fox.

Although the jewelleries first appeared on the fox and was taken by Totoro, the hands in then end suggested a plot twist for the true owners of the goods.

We incorporated magic and comic relief in this project by including our hands instead the video, holding up emojis and sparkls. This created a childish doodling style adding playfulness to the visual.

Comic relief is created when the fox was stopped by a invisible shield of the prayer beads around the Totoro, who is a magical guardian of children and the forest. The prayer beads hints the holiness of the character, and the fox falls after hitting the wall.

We also managed to learn different camera angles, pacing and experimented with compositions. I am most proud of the transition of angle from the back of the Fox to its tail. It was