This week I finished marking up the envelopes, created and decorated my set with maps, made more coins so that the jar could be full, experimented with animatable paper, and prepared the lighting set up in my studio space. I also completed one pop through for shot 02 of my film, but the timing is off and needs to be reconfigured.
My sketch of Ringo and the final fully animatable puppet!
We had a week in Aardman to make him and looking back I was very ambitious for that time scale... His mouth and lips are embroidered interchangeable expression pieces. I’ll go back and make his wolf shawl at some point and probably embellish his cape a little more.
Had one of my puppet's legs break while animating this weekend, but I was able to fix it by the next shooting session. I also finished up my miniature cottage for the bookend exterior shots!
I can't believe it's been over a year since I started on this pitch for University, I never would have imagined I'd have the opportunity to direct and work with a team to bring my idea to life.
above are the early concepts I created in my 2nd year of Uni.