Ways to Live forever

Stop Motion and 3D Computer Animation | 00:43 min | 2009

Director: Martin Earle
Director of Photography, lighting: Hugh Gordon
Illustration: Veselina Dashinova
Character animation: Sarah Wickens
3D modeling & tracking: Russel Etheridge

Outline: 40 sec animation test; to support the application for an Animation commission for the production of the live action film “Ways to live forever”
Director: Gustavo Ron Script: Sally Nicholls (book) and Gustavo Ron (screenplay)

We wanted to create the sequence that evokes child-like wonder, to see the scene, that is, through Sam’s eyes. To do this we have given the animation a certain hand-made quality that is reminiscent of children’s illustration, pop-up books and even the type of animation an adventurous eleven year old might attempt to make himself. At the same time we recognise the need for a highly refined finish and a style capable of unifying the different animated extracts.

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Ways to live forever: production still

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Ways to live forever: production still

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Ways to live forever: production still

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Ways to live forever: production still

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Ways to live forever: production still

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Ways to live forever: production still

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Ways to live forever: production still