Working on a short film

We've been working hard on our upcoming, end-of-year, short film for our Master's degree. Seeing as it's a work in progress things still need to be hush-hush. So I compiled some making-of footage to give you a sneak peek! Enjoy!

A lot of work goes behind the scenes of a Stop Motion film. Here's a time lapse of an hour, setting up before starting to animate a shot of our upcoming short film!

Above are some of the set elements in different stages of creation.

More details to come as soon as I can release them!

2.5D Stop Motion PAPER PUPPET

Meet Frank, my banjo player paper puppet. We created this puppet for a TV3 segment at ECIB. The main theme was creating an extremely lightweight puppet, capable to be held down using needles even on extreme poses. For my character, I wanted to create a simple body shape and stick to raw materials, in this case cardboard newspaper and crepe paper. 

The rig, consisting of only aluminium wire, is basically glued to the body with a glue gun. 

Instagram Feed

I thought I'd add my Instagram feed where I basically post works in progress, updates and small exercises.

Stay in the loop and follow @anima_shortfilm ・・・ A step closer to finding the perfect masks for our little creatures in #Ànima! Character design and concept art my @loboespeletia Follow the team @neus_braso_art @aryredfield @dgtaljuice @symak
Follow @anima_shortfilm to stay in the loop! Another study for our plant in the short film #Ànima! Concept at by @neus_braso_art Follow the team @lauracatalinagj @aryredfield @loboespeletia @andreuanglada1 @dgtaljuice @symakahil #animation
Here’s a concept art by @neus_braso_art for the upcoming #Ànima short film. More coming soon! Follow @anima_shortfilm for more sneak peeks! Follow the team: @loboespeletia @symakahil @dgtaljuice @lauracatalinagj @andreuanglada1 @aryred
Coming soon! #Anima short film! #stopmotion #animation #shortfilm
Amazing visit at #pixaranimation studio!!
Setting up! #animation #stopmotion If you like my work and would like to see more check out my website at www.symakahil.com!
Good to be back at work...
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WIP: Set Building

Here's a work in progress of a set I'm building. It's a corridor of a madhouse. I've used forced perspective and a progressive deterioration into madness as a general concept. 

The door to madness is the main element of the set. Based off of steampunk architecture, I really wanted to create contrast with the "door to loony land". 

Cork Armature

Here's an example of a simple armature that can be done very quickly and is great for beginners who want to directly jump to animation tests. All you need is two wine corks, some animation wire, glue and basic tools.

This armature is only to have fun animating. You can't build a character over it but you can give it a lot of attitude!