Metamorphosis Animation

P1T5 Metamorphosis from Kapaa Middle School MEDIA on Vimeo.

The goal of this animation project is to have a character change into something completely different. Our story is about a selfish unicorn that realizes what other people think about him. He always steels food, so a magical rock turns him hungry. After a while of being hungry, he realizes that what he has done is horrible and rude. He finally finds a way to give back. We used PhotoShop and stop motion animation in our video. It took a while to draw everything out but once we got the hang of it, it was easy!

Our focus statement was Unicorn Transform Attitude. We chose this because the unicorn completely changes his attitude in life, from a negative to a positive attitude. The first scene shows that Gwynn takes all of the herds fruit and moves it into a private spot just for him. The second scene is when the herd finds Gwynn and starts yelling at him for always stealing the food. The third scene is when Gwynn sneaks away with the food again and starts eating it. This time, he hears a faint shouting and looks down to find a magical rock. The fourth scene is when the magical rock explains to Gwynn that he has been leaving the herd hungry. The rock turns Gwynn starving for a few seconds to show him what the herd feels like all the time. He then tells the unicorn that his attitude should change and that he should be selfish anymore. The fifth scene consists of Gwynn asking the rock to turn him into a apple tree to give back to all of his herd members. Gwynn gets his wish granted by the magic rock. The sixth and last scene is when Gwynn stays an apple tree forever and gives back to his herd by feeding them and being less selfish. Our plot is when Gwynn the unicorn finally realizes that he has been very rude to the entire herd, and changes his appearance and attitude to be nice and give back to the herd.

The critique went very well for our team. A lot detail and thought that was put into our video. We took time to draw things out so it would look as realistic as possible. Our score for clarity and message was 3.7/4. Our score for the visual part was 3.7/4. Our score for creativity was 3.6/4. Last, our overall score for the entire video was 3.8/4. We did really great on this project!