Creative Thinking

“I can form new ideas to create new things. I can also build on the ideas of others.”

This Stop-Motion video shows what happens inside the nucleus of the cell during mitosis (Metaphase & Anaphase). It took me around 8 hours to complete the video because I did it in two separate days.

From the beginning I decided to do this with paper, but unexpectedly it was harder and took longer than I thought. It took a long time to cut out all the parts I needed for the inside of the cell as well.

Before I started to put together my video, I went on YouTube to find some examples of cell cycle stop motion video, to get an idea of on what materials to use, but all of them were clay or some type of material that I didn’t have in my house. I Eventually I found a video using paper for the nucleus and cell, but the rest was string and buttons, and I didn’t have those. I just decided to use paper and cut the rest of the parts that I needed.

A skill I learned was how to use stop motion. It was my first time using it, so I looked up videos on YouTube to find out how it works. I was confused at first, but I got the hang of it later. If I ever need to use stop motion again, I will try to get a better set up because my phone moved a lot, and you could see my shadow/reflection on the table throughout the whole video.