It's no wonder you only get a new Wallace & Gromit movie every 5 years. I used to love doing claymation at college. In fact it was one of the few things I actually did. Aside from laughing at all the Catering College chavs stood outside trying to look tough in a pair of chequered trousers. But this project seemed to be never ending.
It originated from a single scribble from one of my Uni sketch pads from about 2 years ago. As I was sorting through and chucking anything of little or no value I stumbled across it and went "Hmmmm?". It took about a week for the idea to germinate into something useful and a further couple of days to get the lyrics down. It then took a week to pluck up the courage to venture into Toys 'R' Us and buy a big box of Playdoh. I said it was for my nephew but it was clear from their faces they knew I was lying. To be fair it only took me two days to storyboard, make the models and shoot it (and if you're wondering I just used a stills camera and then flash to animate it). But it's taken me months to get the soundtrack done. Mainly because, originally, I was going to get a child to sing the words but eventually gave up and recorded it myself - there's only so many nurseries you can get chased out of before you start to feel unwanted.
In the end I'm pleased with the result. Having a child sing, while all the rage in ads 6 months ago, might have made it too twee. My dad did offer up his recording studio to use but I liked the homemade sound of my own £5 microphone and felt it fitted well with the unrefined feel of the ad.
Anyway, here it is - my ad for Playdoh:
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4 comments:
AWESOME!! No other words to describe it! : )
Thanks Hayley, I'm really happy with the way it turned out - even though it was storyboarded there was still a lot I did on the fly i.e. how the transitions were going to work. I feel sorry for Nick Park though!
awesome. loved it man ;)
attila the hun
Cool vid Dan
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