ten good ideas
a person
a tree
made out of clay
walk in the park
a pond
a lake
a dock
a house
a rock
made out of legos
Are you working by yourself or in a team?
I am in a team
What materials will you need for your project?
clay or legos
What is your plan to create in this project?
something cool
What unique qualities will your project have?
it will be made by me and my partner
Day 1
I made my ten good ideas
Day 2
We got out the suplies
Day 3
we made the main seting
Day 4
we continued building
We countined building more
we made senere
we finished the movie
For this project, I used iMovie to create a stop‑motion video. I chose stop motion because I’ve always liked the style, and this assignment gave me the chance to learn how to make one myself. Throughout the process, I learned how to take a series of still images, organize them in sequence, adjust timing, and edit everything together into a smooth animation.
This project connects to several of the class standards, but the one it relates to most is Digital Citizen. By creating a movie, I used digital tools responsibly and creatively, and I learned how to manage media, technology, and digital resources in a productive way.
One challenge I faced was falling behind during production. Stop motion takes a lot of time, and I realized I didn’t have as many frames as I needed. I overcame this by working extra hard, staying focused, and putting in additional effort to catch up.
If I had the chance to do this project again, I would change the storyline. A different story would give me more opportunities to be creative and explore new ideas with the stop‑motion format.
Hastings High School’s Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs include Agriculture, Business Management, Computer Programming, Construction Trades, Culinary Arts, Digital Multimedia, Engineering Design, Finance, Insurance, and Marketing. My project connects most closely to the Engineering Design program because stop‑motion animation requires planning, designing, problem‑solving, and building a final product step by step.
This project also connects to careers in movie making, since I created a short film using real production techniques like storyboarding, filming, and editing.
I used copilot to help me