13 June 2011
8 June 2011
Kirigami - Building Designs
A kirigami model
Kirigami (japanese: kiru - to cut; gami - paper) is a variation of the Japanese art form Origami and involves cutting of folded paper to create different shapes. It is a good way to create free standing 3D models, frames, stencils and decorative items.
For my model, I am planning to use Kirigami models alongside the basic hard board layout to inculcate a more rough (intentional) and cut out kind of a feel. The kirigami models are easier to maneuver and bend as compared to a harder material model and thus will make filming much easier and give a more organic appeal to the model.
Kirigami (japanese: kiru - to cut; gami - paper) is a variation of the Japanese art form Origami and involves cutting of folded paper to create different shapes. It is a good way to create free standing 3D models, frames, stencils and decorative items.
For my model, I am planning to use Kirigami models alongside the basic hard board layout to inculcate a more rough (intentional) and cut out kind of a feel. The kirigami models are easier to maneuver and bend as compared to a harder material model and thus will make filming much easier and give a more organic appeal to the model.
1 June 2011
Current Practitioners - Steven Warne
Steven Warne is the animator for Wallace and Gromit and Tim Burton's Frankenweenie. Having been fascinated by inventing and controlling little worlds from the time he was a little child, he landed himself an internship with Aardman at the age of 15. When at Aardman, he learnt in depth, the scale and magnitude of animation production. Warne has a clear cut animation style and specialises in stop-motion. He believes that stop-motion has a bright future and thinks that it is a good way to show creativity. Following are his top films:
Street of Crocodiles (Brothers Quay)
Creature Comforts (Nick Park)
Stage Fright (Steve Box)
Hedgehog in the fog (Yuri Norstein)
Loves me…loves me not (Jeff Newitt)
Show Reel 2010
Stop-Motion Showreel // June 2010 from Steve Warne on Vimeo.
Additionally, his blog has other animation projects and the work he has been involved with can be viewed at http://tinylivingpeople.blogspot.com/
Treatment in Post Production
A SHORT LOVE STORY IN STOP MOTION from Carlos Lascano on Vimeo.
Reference: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/12/31/50-incredible-stop-motion-videos/
23 May 2011
Working Script
story:
in a white room, a piece of paper (probably newspaper cutout) folds itself into a paper plane. the paper plane then flies out of the window and lands into the model.
model 1 - straight lane with buildings, shops? , busy lane - the paper plane wades through it. sees a revolution banner (will make it) with the words revolution and definition appearing on the ground as the plane flies over it..
the plane's wings start drooping as if to show that it has been hit.
cut
the plane is then on another street..still drooping wings..it comes across a changing room like room by the side of a shop on the lane. once the curtains of the fitting room is drawn - u see the words Change (and definition on the wall. ) the plane changes colours and comes out. gets out of the shop
cut
it then gets back on the street and finds a poster declaring "become with definition" the plane does a look around..kind of confused and feeling a bit lost.but when it looks back at the poster..the words rearrange itself to BE with definition. the plane does a little hop and continues flying..now feeling its wings coming back up..
cut
next it comes across a doorway with the EXIT sign lit up..but in actuality it is EXIST with the S light off. as it tries to make it to the door, the s light comes on and on the door is a notice with the definition of exist.
cut
the door opens and the plane is flying over a strawberry field. as it goes higher…the strawberry makes a formation of the word SELF on the field….the plane lands on the field. and opens up. the plane is now a sheet of paper with the definition of SELF.
fade to black with the key words from all these scenes appearing on a black bg..forming the sentence "revolution is a change that occurs when someone ceases to become something they don't want to be and starts to exist as something they truly believe in - the self. This, dear everyone who cares, is what I'm talking about."
in a white room, a piece of paper (probably newspaper cutout) folds itself into a paper plane. the paper plane then flies out of the window and lands into the model.
model 1 - straight lane with buildings, shops? , busy lane - the paper plane wades through it. sees a revolution banner (will make it) with the words revolution and definition appearing on the ground as the plane flies over it..
the plane's wings start drooping as if to show that it has been hit.
cut
the plane is then on another street..still drooping wings..it comes across a changing room like room by the side of a shop on the lane. once the curtains of the fitting room is drawn - u see the words Change (and definition on the wall. ) the plane changes colours and comes out. gets out of the shop
cut
it then gets back on the street and finds a poster declaring "become with definition" the plane does a look around..kind of confused and feeling a bit lost.but when it looks back at the poster..the words rearrange itself to BE with definition. the plane does a little hop and continues flying..now feeling its wings coming back up..
cut
next it comes across a doorway with the EXIT sign lit up..but in actuality it is EXIST with the S light off. as it tries to make it to the door, the s light comes on and on the door is a notice with the definition of exist.
cut
the door opens and the plane is flying over a strawberry field. as it goes higher…the strawberry makes a formation of the word SELF on the field….the plane lands on the field. and opens up. the plane is now a sheet of paper with the definition of SELF.
fade to black with the key words from all these scenes appearing on a black bg..forming the sentence "revolution is a change that occurs when someone ceases to become something they don't want to be and starts to exist as something they truly believe in - the self. This, dear everyone who cares, is what I'm talking about."
6 May 2011
Model scale
Found the scale and style I'm going to be working with. Since I haven't made my model yet, I have a visual reference from the internet which would describe roughly what I'm working with!
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