Building the Pyramid - Erin and Nelly


Our main idea was to show two Egyptians finishing a pyramid. The first scene shows one of the Egyptians walking up the pyramid with the last block, but she falls. In the second scene the other Egyptian walks over to help her up. She helps the first Egyptian climb up on her shoulders so the last block can be put in place. After the last block is put in place the Egyptian falls again. Her partner is so happy that the pyramid is finished she doesn’t even notice her friend’s situation and dances away.


One of our biggest challenges was that whenever we tried to lift up the clay figures with fishing line, they would almost break in half. When we tried to do the Egyptian dance at the end, the girl’s arms would always fall off and we would have to put it on again. Also, we had another problem with the fishing line; whenever we tried to do the scene of the girls walking up the pyramid, one of them would move out of place right when we were going to take the picture. Sometimes they would fall down right after we put them in place.

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