We’ve just embarked on making a short animated film here, with development help from the Film Agency for Wales. It’s a 10 minute short based on the Balls of Steel concept seen on the media page (we’ve changed the name for obvious reasons). As we progress, we’ll upload images occasionally to give a taster of the film and the character of Chuck Steel. The ultimate plan is to make a feature film of this idea and the short will be used to attract funding. As it’s a small team and small budget on the short film, the workload is high and the shooting time will be quite long but it will be worth it in the end. Stay tuned!
Mike Mort recently animated on these two commercials for Talk Talk, the broadband and telecoms provider. Made using a combination of actual 1/12 scale dolls-house models and props, and some specially made larger puppets, the commercial took one week to shoot in Clapham Road Studios, London. So sit back and enjoy the two videos below, courtesy of Youtube.
Talk Talk – A Brighter Home for Everyone TV Commercial
Here it is… the first test of the proposed stop-motion creature effects for the end sequence of Deadly Tantrum, currently in development.
Click the image to the left (or here) to see the effects test animation, and to view behind-the-scenes stills of the creature build, click on the model making page.
We’ve decided to do an animation test of the “proposed” monster for the end sequence of the upcoming film version of Deadly Tantrum. The image to the left shows our monster (we affectionately call him Yog) set up on the green screen stage ready to start filming.
The rig consists of several grips which hold all the tentacles in place, together with the central rig holding the body. We’re shooting on a Canon 40D (if I remember correctly) connected to Stop Motion Pro software running on a laptop. The software allows us to preview the sequence in real time, delete frames, add frames and basically anytihing else you’d need to do.
It’ll only be a short animation, but it will hopefully be enough to show future investors how the final piece “could” look… nothing is set in stone.
Stay tuned for more news, and to see the animation test when we’ve finished.
Mike Mort has just finished directing the new stop motion commercial for Lynx/Axe body spray. The commercial features plasticine cavemen discovering the manly scent of leather and driving the local cavegirls wild. It will be shown worldwide January 2009.
