10 Things to do During the Holidays

I worked with Alexandra from AGSM International on this video. She has a real camera that she uses for stop motions, so it was really cool to learn how to use that and how the editing is different. I'm sorry that the posting has been so uneven! We have posted three videos in the past week after not posting for a month. I guess I don't really have the hang of it yet. I haven't gotten used to the amount of free time that I have compared to almost none during the school year. I really hope that we'll be able to get a camera one day. That would improve our videos immensely because of the quality of the photos and the amount of photos a camera can hold. Stay tuned! I have so many video ideas and feel very inspired lately.

All of Our Doll Clothes Video

We recently uploaded an "All of Our Doll Clothes" video. I thought it would be a simple video to film because of the simple camera angle, flat ground, and controlled lighting. But I was wrong. The lighting was so bad at first glance, that I thought we would need to move the whole setup. Instead, I borrowed a lamp from another room and put Christmas lights over the whole thing. The curtain setup was also very tricky. We couldn't get them to be taller than the dolls, which meant we kept on stacking books under the boxes until they were tall enough. Additionally, having to change outfits every few minutes took up quite a bit of time. I'm very happy with the finished product, but man, it took forever!

One of my favorite parts of this video is where the Kanani clothes are displayed. Those clothes aren't actually from American Girl. I looked at reference pictures for each outfit, then picked out fabric from my scrap bin, and sewed each piece to look as close to the original as possible. I'm really proud of those. We weren't planning on showing them in a video for a while because we thought we would wait until we got Kanani, a doll we have wanted for years, but we realized that would be happening any time soon (considering her price as a retired Girl of the Year).
We're enjoying the holidays: time to spend with family and friends, time to be creative, and get some well-earned rest.

Our Christmas Eve!

We finished our holiday video! Watch it here.
We filmed this with AGSM International, once again. We love working with them :)

I made a chimney with construction paper and pastels. My mom made felt stockings for the dolls last year.

Christmas Break!

As you can probably tell by our channel, we were very busy in November and weren't able to post at all. But we are still here, don't worry!
It is such a relief to finally be on break and be able to get creative again. We made a beautiful Christmas setup and filmed a video yesterday. It still needs voice overs, but it should be up within the next few days!
This video features AGSM International, our good friends who we are sooo happy to see again! Check out their awesome videos here!
I think we're beginning to find a style of video that we really like. I keep on watching and rewatching the footage of our new video as I edit, and it makes me feel really happy. It's awesome to make something creative that you are truly proud of. I hope that we are able to make lots of videos with that same feeling.