Santa Ana Unified School District

Brandon created his first stop motion production "Godzilla 65 Anniversary" in two days and shared with his class in a google meet. He then proceeded to create his second animation "TMNT vs. Godzilla 2001" where he crafted a dramatic story that has 589 frames of intentionally placed characters. He also added the audio and edited his production so that the frames would align with the music. He persevered through setbacks that required him to revisit the editing process multiple times. In the end, he was able to edit the frames independently with Ms. Lord over the phone with minimal support, reflecting while in conversation of how he could approach his next production differently. His parents shared that they were happy to see how much he enjoyed creating these productions and his level of engagement was through the roof!

Jose was inspired to create his first stop motion animation as a tribute to the musician xxxtentation. He created a stop motion of him drawing the artist. He then shared his production in a Google Meet with his class. During this time, as a collaborative effort, the students on the call supported Jose as he had determined the audio to use for it, in addition to staging an original quote from him, and selecting a quote from the artist that would result in a powerful message to inspire other people during this time of uncertainty to "Try your best to succeed and once you do that, make a new goal." Now completed, the students have been inspired to collaborate as a class online to create their next production.