This is my first animation. It was a
learning experience:- an apprentice piece. .
After three evening classes, I decided
to set up at home. As you can see from the photograph,
this was very basic. I had problems with shaking tables,
so bricks held it as stable as I could. I used 2 lamps
with 40 watt bulbs, which were not even at 45 degrees
for rostrum work. The camera was an old panasonic camcorder
with a very dickey fire wire lead socket, so I had to
remember not to knock the cable or the camera with my
head.
The face for the world is plasticine molded
over a kitchen bowl. The rest is a mixture of card cut-outs
and plasticine. At first I did not expect it to be any
good, so I spent little attention to the graphics unfortunately.
I added many, many layers in Photoshop
to get effects, then overwrote the original frames.
For instance:- the little boat had the
original layer, then I added flag, water rippling, and
a nose for earth because it was out of focus. Frame
by frame. The car had windows, exhaust and pollution
added. As for the cyclist.... even his legs turn....8
layers. |
