The 4mations Digital Shorts films are finally nearing the end of their assembly line. It’s been a dark, sweaty, animated summer for many of our Directors.
You’ll remember ‘Slow Joe’ from the interview we featured a few months ago with its directors Steve Boot and Phil Gray. With their Digital Short all wrapped up, they’ve put their zombie pigeon back in their coop and have shared a little highlight of their film with us:
Intrigued? Here’s what Steve had to say about the production…
There’s nothing I like more than being in a dark room with a doll, but then that’s because I’m a stop-motion animator. In fact one of the things that made me want to become a stop-motion animator was watching the old late night “4Mations” series on Channel4 and seeing films such as “The big Story” , Paul Berry’s “The Sandman” and Jeff Newitt’s “Loves me Not” . So I’m proud to have been chosen to be part of this commission. It’s been a brilliant and worthwhile experience and here are some of my highs and lows.
Highs
Being grouped together with some of the most amazingly talented animators from the other regions. It’s been great to look at their blogs, interviews and websites and see their films evolve alongside ours.
The development. It’s an exciting part, so many problems to solve, so many challenges. This is were we got to throw a lot of ideas around and really stretch our imagination.
The filming. I’m happy being in a dark room with a doll for company (have I said that already?), this is the fun part, making it all come to life.
Lows
Being grouped together with some of the most amazingly talented animators from the other regions. Sometimes I just look at their blogs/websites to punish myself, why do they all have to be so talented!? Why isn’t ours as good as theirs?
The development. It’s a stressful part, the film could go off in so many different directions, so many questions to answer, why this? Why that? What if?….. I think my head’s going to explode.
The filming. It’s a lovely summer’s day and I’m in a dark room with a doll, again!
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