Final Project - Hemophilia Claymation

For my final project, I worked on a claymation project that focuses on the lives of people with hemophilia. I first focused on interviewing different people in the hemophilia community including those who are directly affected, parents of the children with hemophilia, and the medical professionals who help them. These interviews became the basis of the story that came to unfold in the claymation.

I originally was planning to use 3D models, but I changed the idea to clay after thinking more about humans. As humans, we are very fragile, and our skin is quite soft in comparison. Using clay seemed to be a much better and much more malleable medium. The colors were also a key thing in the video. The red people symbolized those with hemophilia, those half in red were carriers, and those completely white were completely void of the hemophilia. This is based off of the charts shown to explain hemophilia, and I believe it to be one of the strongest parts of this piece.

Another thing I wanted to do was to create a cohesive set that could be used to tell the story. The main method I found in doing this as through the use of a set that could be spun to help further the story along. The use of rotation and different yet linked rooms worked well in this case.

This story is one that is very dear to me as it personally affects both me and my family. In the end, I am very happy with how it came out, and I hope in the future that I can improve this video to create something even better.