App Smashing and first cut of Video!

In this stage of my project I had to do a lot of app smashing, switching back and forth between apps to create my video.  I ended up using the Do Ink Drawing app, Do Ink Green Screen app, iMovie and Garage Band to create my video.  I started out with a plan but ended up changing things drastically as I worked because Navigating the apps wasn't as easy as I had anticipated.  After creating my Jitterbots and their backgrounds (all very hands on), I filmed my Jitterbots using the green screen.  The next obstacle was creating the animations which was very tedious and difficult, it took me a very long time.   While I was stumbling through the animations I alternated creating the music for my video.  I ended up building and compiling the pieces of my video one by one.  I had some issues when I filmed my Jitterbots and part of my background needed to be cropped out because you could see the green screen.  I ended up having to crop my video in iMovie because you cannot crop your video in the Do Ink Green Screen app.  After the video clips were cropped I was able to import them into the Do Ink Green Screen app, from there I was able to add my Jitterbots habitats to the backgrounds and incorporate the animations that I created in the Do Ink Drawing app.   The animations needed to be exported to my camera roll before importing them into the Do Ink Green Screen app.  I created four different clips in the Do Ink Green Screen app and exported those to my camera roll.  I then used iMovie to compile the videos, create a title and closing slide and exported my music from Garage Band into iMovie!  I learned a ton about workflow, there was an incredible amount of problem solving.  It took me so much longer than I had thought it would, and my video is just under a minute.  I'm very proud of the end result but know there is room for improvement!  Here it is!

Science and Engineering Practices Standards addressed in my project:

Practice 1: Asking questions and defining problems, my entire project pretty much involved a constant stream of questions and defining the problems and how I would get to my final outcome.

Practice 2: Developing models, my Jitterbots were very planned out and involved creating sketches and then building the Jitterbots themselves.

Practice 3: Planning and carrying out investigations, again I planned out my project ahead of time and had an rough idea of how I would complete each component of my video.

Practice 6- Constructing explanations and designing solutions, I felt as if I was constantly designing solutions for the problems I had with my Jitterbots and getting them to balance and move the way I intended them to, I also had to find solutions for my problems using the apps on the iPad to create my video

Here is my Rubric for this project:

Jitterbots/Sculpture Video

	Exceeds Expectations	Meets Expectations	Needs Work
Craftsmanship- taking time to make sure the project is done well	All components of the project have been planned and created carefully.	Most of the components of the project have been created carefully.	Only a few of the components of the project have been created carefully.
Planning Sketches and Ideas	All parts of the project (Jitterbots/Sculpture, Backgrounds, Animation, music) were planned out ahead of time and documented in sketch book.	Most parts of the project were planned out ahead of time and documented in sketch book.	One or two parts of the project were planned out ahead of time and documented in sketch book.
Music	Four different pieces of music were created in Garage Band and contain multiple different parts/instruments in each	At least 4 different pieces of music were created in Garage band, each contains at least two instruments.	Only one piece of music was created in Garage Band for the video.
Backgrounds	4 different backgrounds were created by hand and contain depth with multiple different components.	4 different backgrounds were created by hand and contain 1-2 different parts.	3 or less backgrounds were created for the video.
Jitterbots/Sculptures	4 different Jitterbots/sculptures were completed, each are different and unique	4 different Jitterbots/sculptures were created, some look similar to each other.	3 or less Jitterbots/Sculptures was created.
Animation	4 different animations were hand drawn, are seamless and do not distract from Jitterbot/ Sculpture	4 Animations were created using the shapes rather than hand drawn, animation is jumpy.	3 or less animations were created, pre fabricated animations used.
Final Video	Final video edited in imovie and includes all required components (Jitterbot, Background, Animation, opening/closing titles and Music) and is at least 1 minute long.	Final Video edited in iMovie and includes most but not all components, video is from 35-59 seconds long.	Final Video edited in iMove is missing multiple components, video is under 30 seconds.