A stop motion animated film
Behind the Scenes
Thanks for taking a look at the Behind the Scenes page. Below is some video and a bunch of photos that I hope you find interesting.
-Enjoy!
Behind the scenes video
The video shows a timelapse of me animating two different scenes of the puppets on the stage. The timelapse clip is immediately followed by the clip from the finished film.
Behind the Scenes Gallery 1
Creating the Buck Marshal animation puppet.
First scetch of the team
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First armature into the mold
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First puppet featuring unused clay sculpted head
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Puppet with first assembled 3D printed head
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Unpainted costume details
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Unpainted boots
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Digital color test before painting boots
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So many faces
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A specific mouth for each specific face
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Making a bunch of tiny eyebrow
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Faces ready for production
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Almost finished puppets on set
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Behind the Scenes Gallery 2
Creating the Max Houdini animation puppet
Sketches of Max Houdini
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Max's unused clay head with replacement mouths
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Max with his new armature and 3D printed head
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Early scale comparison between characters
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Assembling Max's costume
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Painting in the details
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Max fully costumed with fiber hair
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Many replacement hands
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Hair scult, changing to latex hair
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Latex hair coming out of the mold
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Max and Buck with new latex hair
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Faces ready for production
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Behind the Scenes Gallery 3
Photos of creating the set for the film.
Sketches of the set
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First set of beams
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Just out of the mold, Buck visits the set
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Doors and floors
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The main control console
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LED lighting on the main console
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Adding all the little details
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Hallway and airlock
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Computer console with fiber optic lighting
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Hallway doors
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Sadly, the robot character got cut
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The set is ready for filming
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Behind the Scenes Gallery 4
Photos from the production of the film.
Camera is on Max in the storage closet
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The set is actually pretty small
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Over the shoulder shot of Buck
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Looks like Max is learning to dance
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Max in motion
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A chair swivel is smooth, if you mark the floor
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First rule of animation, puppets break
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Not everything is in scale with the puppets
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Close-ups require larger props
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Villians don't get pants
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The live action shoot
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Filming Buck's ship
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