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heartstrings...a short animation: 04/02/09

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Thursday, 2 April 2009. So begins my attempt at model making. Having never made a puppet I have no idea if what I'm doing is right or wrong, but I'm learning and that's what's important. The armatures are kits bought from animationsupplies.net. Which come with helpful instructions. I've drawn up the armature to scale as a guide. On the drawing the head and pelvis are too small and the legs a little too long so I rectified this when cutting the threaded rod. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Curtocircuito Inter...

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heartstrings...a short animation: 04/14/09

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Tuesday, 14 April 2009. Storing zeds for future use. By now I hoped to have at least 15 seconds filmed. I have 0 seconds. I unpicked the stitching of the necks and performed what felt like keyhole surgery on the heads. I used Milliput, an epoxy putty, to cement the K&S into the polystyrene and left it over night. In the morning I was pleased to find that it had worked, the heads turned well, but I decided to perform thorough tests before sewing the puppets back together. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Curto...

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heartstrings...a short animation: 04/28/09

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Tuesday, 28 April 2009. Imagine the music from benny hill. Here's my day distilled to 10 seconds. The backdrop needed rehanging after fixing the foamex sheets as support. Then it needed sticking down. The backlight was faulty and needed replacing.twice. My key light was sorted yesterday and my fill light needed a reflector so I used a peice of polystyrene attatched to a light stand.which proceeded to block this camera's view of the set. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). A short, stop-motion animation. . Animex...

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heartstrings...a short animation: 04/27/09

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Monday, 27 April 2009. I had two other ideas. One was carpet (pic above), the other was a thick sheet of material (pic below). I think both worked ok, and the carpet had the added advantage of already having holes for tie-downs, but the material just looked better. It was lighter so the puppets stood out and it had no pattern so gave the illusion of infinite space, which is what I was hoping for. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). I'm Rhiannon and this is the production blog for Heartstrings, . Ffresh, Aberystw...

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heartstrings...a short animation: 04/29/09

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Wednesday, 29 April 2009. Imagine the flight of the bumblebee. Quite a productive day today. 21 seconds down.many more to go. When I started this morning I found that the camera had moved. Minor crisis. The film is one long continuous shot so any camera movement will stand out. Luckily I had taped the tripod down enough to minimize the amount of movement so it was easy to re-align. Did the first bit of string animation today.I forsee future posts about how stupid it was to try and do string in camera.

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heartstrings...a short animation: do imps have opposable thumbs?

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Thursday, 1 April 2010. Do imps have opposable thumbs? This award arrived from Stoke Your Fires Festival of Animation. It's ceramic and has a little imp on top giving me the thumbs up…what's not to like? In amongst all the packing pellets was also a signed copy of the Animator's Survival Kit, the extended edition which I don't have. I feel sorry for my old copy as the new one is sat next to it smugly. Has been to LA. It was shown as part of a Flux Screening Programme. In there would be great! Click pictu...

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heartstrings...a short animation: big news

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Thursday, 14 January 2010. During January the Knit'n'Purl shorts made with WONKY Films will be on rotation across the country on. The closest one to me is Cardiff so I hope I chance across them in their giant form. I'd enjoy seeing them up there playing away whilst people with John Lewis shopping bags, Starbucks cups and iPhones walk past in ignorance. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I'm Rhiannon and this is the production blog for Heartstrings, . A short, stop-motion animation. . Encounters Short Fi...

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heartstrings...a short animation: 05/05/09

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Tuesday, 5 May 2009. Shooting after the fade. I spent some time this morning re-hanging the backdrop as for the rest of the shoot the shot is continuous. Hopefully it won't sag too much. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). I'm Rhiannon and this is the production blog for Heartstrings, . A short, stop-motion animation. . Click picture to view 'Heartstrings' trailer. Shoreditch Festival, London UK (July 10). Giffoni Film Festival, Italy (July 10). Guardian Hay Festival, UK (June 10). Glimmer, Hull UK (Apr 10).

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heartstrings...a short animation: 05/01/09

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Friday, 1 May 2009. Pinch, punch.no returns. Another 5 seconds done. It was a slow day again but I think I found my animation groove today. I'm pleased with the quality of those 5 seconds. I remembered how to animate and so I enjoyed doing it a lot more. So far the string isn't causing any problems but it's still quite short at this point. I was fussing with the camera this morning and managed to knock it. The onion skin tool on Stop Motion Pro was very useful for fixing it. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).

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heartstrings...a short animation: 05/02/09

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Saturday, 2 May 2009. Bright light, bright light. I tried a new angle for the web cam. But it hasn't been very successful. Almost 6 seconds done today. I am on track to finishing off the first section of the film before Monday, which is a bank holiday, so the studios are closed. I can then begin the second part on Tuesday, so even if the camera falls over and the set fall down it won't matter. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). I'm Rhiannon and this is the production blog for Heartstrings, . ScreenTest Festival...