What are you doing for Thanksgiving? Do you have any traditions? Go in to detail about your plans for the 5 day weekend.

Thanksgiving break is going to be really fun this year. On Wednesday, we are getting together with my mom's side of the family to celebrate early. Then on Thanksgiving Day, I'm going to my Aunt's house to celebrate with my dad's side of the family. As for the rest of the break, I really don't have much to do.

Reflecting on the comments and grade of your stop-motion animation... what you would do differently if you had to do it all over again? Would you manage your time better? Find better lighting for your photos? Come up with a better idea? Explain what you would change about your video.

If I were to do my stop-motion all over again, I would keep the camera more still so it looked more realistic. I would have brought in my props earlier so that I would have my video done on time and turned in. I think that my idea was really good so I wouldn't change it. I would keep the camera more still.

Tell me about your experience with taking your stop-motion photos. What problems did you run in to? What did you find difficult about the process? What would you go back and change about HOW you took the photos? Explain yourself.

When I was taking the pictures for my stop-motion animation, it was really annoying when the camera would move just slightly, it would ruin the whole thing, and I felt like I had to restart. It was really hard having to take so many photos, just to make it look nice. If I were to start over, I would put my camera in a more stable position, and take more photos to make it look more realistic.

Tell me about your weekend.

Over the weekend, I went to Dallas, Texas, for my cousin's wedding. It was a seven and a half hour drive that took forever. But when I got there, it was really fun. The hotel we stayed at was really fancy and the mini-fridge was packed! At night, people would gather in the parking lot and have a car show, so that was really cool. The wedding food was amazing and my dad met up with an old friend. On Sunday, we drove home and there were a lot of accidents because it started snowing. One guy even smashed into a pole right outside the McDonald's we were eating in! It was a very exciting weekend.

What is stop motion animation? If you don't know, look it up! Explain.

Stop motion animation is when you take a bunch of pictures and put them together to make them look like the object is actually moving. I did one of these a while ago and it was really fun!

Tell me about your idea for your 5 frame story board. What is the plot? How do you plan to make the story creative? Who's the main character? What is the beginning, middle and end? Tell me about your plan of attack.

The plot is my thirst for coffee and how it was quenched. I plan to make the story creative by editing the photos well, like I already did. The main character is me, thirsty for some coffee. I don't think my story is very creative, but I think I did a good job with the pictures.

5-Frame Stroyboard

Yesterday you edited and uploaded photos to your blog. Tell me more about your photos. HOW did you edit them? Why did you choose the photos that you did? Explain your assignment.

I didn't get a chance to edit all of my photos, but with the ones that I did, I chose the photos with a lot of outside light. I chose these ones because it was really easy to make lighting changes without totally ruining the picture itself. 

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Tell me about your weekend - details please!

My weekend was very exciting. On Friday, I got together with some old school friends and had a sleepover. We stayed up super late playing ping-pong. When I got home from the sleepover on Saturday, I played some baseball with some neighborhood kids. I had a friend over on Saturday night and we went down to the tennis courts to hit the baseball. I forgot the key so I had to climb the fence. It was really high. On Sunday, I watched some NFL and played baseball outside. It was a super-fun weekend.