I was dreading this DS 106 project, but after creating my first GIF I can now say that I am addicted!  I would love to experiment and make a dozen more (if I didn’t have so much homework).  Honestly, I didn’t know how easy the process was to create one; it is the time involved finding the clever angle that sets one back.  One of my favorite movies is The Phantom of the Opera.  At first I was looking for something humorous, but when I took the movement portion of the assignment in account, I realized that one of the most pivotal moments of the movie is when Christine unmasks the Phantom, revealing his scars and his soul.  I decided to use that scene as the inspiration for my first GIF creation. I realize that the movement within this GIF was supposed to be minimal, however an unmasking does involve quite a bit of motion.  Nevertheless, I tried to whittle away as much as I could.  I also thought it was important to show a tiny reaction from the Phantom.  For this assignment, I first tried using GIFs.com.  I found that after completion it stamps its logo on the GIF, so I scrapped it and restarted using giphy.com. which worked just as easily without the annoying branding.

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