Henry Hudson

Henry Hudson was an English Sea Explorer and navigator in the early 17th century. He was born in London, England and probably died in 1611 after he was set adrift, along with his son and eight others. His early life was unknown, but he is thought to have spent many years at sea. He begun as a cabin boy at age 16 and gradually worked his way up to ships captain.

I think the most fun part about this project was making the clay people. My partner and I had a blast making these little replicas. It took time and effort, but we got to use our imagination. It was interesting to see how they turned out and what we thought these explorers and their families looked like. Some people where harder to make then others, it depended on if they needed legs to walk, or what kind of clothes they wore. Most groups put sort of a modern twist into it. I’m not sure if that is a good thing or not, but for some minds it is hard to picture back in time that far.

Throughout this project, there where many challenge’s my partner and I faced. I think the most difficult part of the project was getting everything done on time. Making the characters and the backgrounds for the scene, shooting about 50 shots, loading them on to the computer and editing them-its a lot of work. We had time, but some days I didn’t think we had enough. It took about a week to get the hang of what we where doing and how we had to manage it. Things got easier towards the end, but it was very difficult to meet the dead line. Unfortunately we where a little bit late. I think we should have had a couple more days. The audio was hard to complete. Over all, I don’t think this project was that hard, we had to make some compromises, but that’s life.

In doing this stop frame animation project, I learned a lot about my explorer. His early life was unknown, but from what we discovered he was amazing. He went on at least 4 voyages. In 1607, the Muscovy Company of England hired Hudson to find the Northeast Passage to China. Hudson traveled just 577 miles south of the North Pole and is claimed to have discovered what is now known as Jan Mayen Island. In 1609, Hudson was chosen by the Dutch East Inda Company to find an easterly passage to Asia. He was told to sail around the Artic Ocean north of Russia, into the Pacific and to the Far east Ocea. Hudson could not continue his voyage due to the ice that had plagued his previous voyages, and many others before him. Having heard rumors, he and his crew decided to try to seek out a Southwest Passage through North America. In 1610, Hudson managed to get the money and requirements for yet another voyage, now under the English flag. The money came from the Virgina Company and the British East Indian Company. With his new ship, the Discovery, he stayed to the north , reaching Iceland, and the south of Greenland, then managing to turn around the southern tip of Greenland. As you can tell, henry Hudson had a very full life. He had family, and was constantly making his way around the world.
In conclusion I enjoyed doing this project. I learned alot and had fun. In even the worst positions, Cortney and I make things interesting J. I believe we worked hard and it payed off. This project was interesting and a new way of learing for me. My favorite type of learing is hands on, and that’s what this was. I would enjoy doing more projects like this. We had to do resurch, but we also had to plan out what we where going to do and creat it. I think in the end, our work payed off. Henry Hudson was an English Sea Explorer and navigator in the early 17th century. He was born in London, England and probably died in 1611 after he was set adrift, along with his son and eight others. His early life was unknown, but he is thought to have spent many years at sea. He begun as a cabin boy at age 16 and gradually worked his way up to ships captain.
I think the most fun part about this project was making the clay people. My partner and I had a blast making these little replicas. It took time and effort, but we got to use our imagination. It was interesting to see how they turned out and what we thought these explorers and their families looked like. Some people where harder to make then others, it depended on if they needed legs to walk, or what kind of clothes they wore. Most groups put sort of a modern twist into it. I’m not sure if that is a good thing or not, but for some minds it is hard to picture back in time that far.

Throughout this project, there where many challenge’s my partner and I faced. I think the most difficult part of the project was getting everything done on time. Making the characters and the backgrounds for the scene, shooting about 50 shots, loading them on to the computer and editing them-its a lot of work. We had time, but some days I didn’t think we had enough. It took about a week to get the hang of what we where doing and how we had to manage it. Things got easier towards the end, but it was very difficult to meet the dead line. Unfortunately we where a little bit late. I think we should have had a couple more days. The audio was hard to complete. Over all, I don’t think this project was that hard, we had to make some compromises, but that’s life.

In doing this stop frame animation project, I learned a lot about my explorer. His early life was unknown, but from what we discovered he was amazing. He went on at least 4 voyages. In 1607, the Muscovy Company of England hired Hudson to find the Northeast Passage to China. Hudson traveled just 577 miles south of the North Pole and is claimed to have discovered what is now known as Jan Mayen Island. In 1609, Hudson was chosen by the Dutch East India Company to find an easterly passage to Asia. He was told to sail around the Arctic Ocean north of Russia, into the Pacific and to the Far East. Hudson could not continue his voyage due to the ice that had plagued his previous voyages, and many others before him. Having heard rumors, he and his crew decided to try to seek out a Southwest Passage through North America. In 1610, Hudson managed to get the money and requirements for yet another voyage, now under the English flag. The money came from the Virginia Company and the British East India Company. With his new ship, the Discovery, he stayed to the north , reaching Iceland, and the south of Greenland, then managing to turn around the southern tip of Greenland. As you can tell, henry Hudson had a very full life. He had family, and was constantly making his way around the world.

In conclusion I enjoyed doing this project. I learned alot and had fun. In even the worst positions, Cortney and I make things interesting J. I believe we worked hard and it payed off. This project was interesting and a new way of learing for me. My favorite type of learing is hands on, and that’s what this was. I would enjoy doing more projects like this. We had to do resurch, but we also had to plan out what we where going to do and creat it. I think in the end, our work payed off.