Wednesday 30 March 2016

Directors talking about Boxtrolls


Here's a video of the two directors of boxtrolls explaining the behind the scenes of the film, including how the puppets are put together, They explain how the boxtrolls have completely removable faces and not just have a face like most do. One of the boxtrolls had about 1500 faces which allowed for 1.4 combinations for the face.

They put the Maya modelled face playblasts on top of the animatic to see if they have all the 3D faces they need to create the scenes they need.


Lecture on The Making of The Dolls in Boxtrolls



  • Use exacto blade to move the eyes after removing the face
  • Wires in all of the hairs
  • They work out with the animators how much of the puppet they need to move
  • Faces attach with magnets
  • Lazer cut leather for the shoes

Wednesday 23 March 2016

Questions

1. What made you decide to be a model maker?

2. Do you get art tests within the interview for a model maker or is it all portfolio work?

3. What do you like most about your job?

4. What is your least favourite aspect of your job?

I had to think of a few questions to ask model makers, I decided to stick to 4 questions as a know most model makers are busy. I also kept them pretty simple so it wouldn't take too much out of their day to answer them, there would be a better chance of a response.

Monday 7 March 2016

The People Of Laika

http://laika.com/people

Notes with Helen Duckworth


We were lucky enough to be able to talk to Helen Duckworth via skype, she's a model maker that lives in america. She'd previously worked for Aardman, Sony and Laika.She talked us through her hectic daily life, she said about how she would get to work and have a list of tasks she would need to have done in that day. They might all be from different films. Be it fix the clothing on a model or the face of another.


Introduction to out idea



As a group we have decided to research into the animation company Laika, I will be covering model making.