Steve Smith from Trunk came and gave a talk at the university a while back now, where he told us about his experiences working as part of a collective and dealing with various clients.
One of the last pieces he showed us was Bottom of the River, which the site informs me is animated by Alasdair Brotherston and Jock Mooney.
I would like to say a bit more about it but my lecture notes appear to consist of a drawing of a flying chicken carcass and a sign saying “important lecture notes go here”.
I thought it was one of the best pieces though and it seems to have struck a chord. Otherwise I wouldn’t have remembered to look it up just now.
Here are some behind the scene pictures from our “Krapp” animation. It’s not a particularly large set up, the floorspace is (very roughly) a metre and a bit square and all the sides are fly walls (they can be individually detatched for easy access).
Lighting is usually from three small Arri lamps. Except on days when three are not avalible, then lighting is cobbled together from one Arri lamp, a security light and some A4 paper reflectors.
Hollywood it aint.
The Flash component is being created by Mr Amer, who will be adding it over the top of the stop motion footage.
The tutor for this unit is Lizzie Oxby who is giving us advice on all aspects of puppet and set building.
I shall be working once more with Justine, Amer and Matt (but you can call us The A Team).
Together we will be promptly escaping from a maximum security stockade using a combination of Stop Motion and Flash to make a short (2 min’) film based on an excerpt from Samuel Beckett’s “Krapp’s Last Tape”.
Here is a slightly dodgy panel from our rough storyboard as drawn by the fabulous Mr Amer.
