APD - Week 3【Tank vs Ape】

Advance Play Design Week 3

Theme: Play and Object

Context: A stop motion animation using objects found at home. I remembered in my childhood I often found something weird and play with it. This time I tried to repeat what I normally did when I was a boy but I realized it is difficult for me now, I spend many hours searching objects in my home and thinking what can they be. Finally I remembered I liked to link paper clips into a rope, and I liked tank very much. Then the idea of a tank with paper clip caterpillar came out. Then I thought about how can I play with this tank, and i got the idea of shooting batteries to fighting with an ape. The process was kind of tinkering. 

Method:

Stop Motion Studio, an ape toy, many paper clips, a piece of tissue, a tin cover, mom's note book & Yoga bat, A roll of double-sided tape and a plastic thing I've no idea what it is.

Response: 

I originally wanted to make the fire and smoke of the cannon with computer, but I'm not good at drawing, and I suddenly saw the tissue box on my table and I decied to us a piece of tissue to act the smoke. It was good. Also, it's very fun to create a stop motion animation although it is so tired!

Reflection:

I made some mistakes with the Yoga bat. Some frames I forgot to move it, and it slightly titled at the middle, I didn't mean to do it, but it looks like the tank is climbing a slope, it surprised me when I noticed it. Although it looks good, I don't want the slope titled too much so I put two bottle of water on the ground to help me record the postion of the Yoga bat. That remind me to keep my mind open, mistakes will sometimes give positive feedback.