The first attempt at making this extremely FAT Domovoi to walk. Unfortunately the armature was placed in the wrong way, reducing mobility within the knee joint. Next time I will try with another Domovoi armature to see if I can correct the moving problems, and possibly add more motion into the arms, to give more character to the puppet.
Last term, Nicola made an experimental time-lapse of the construction of Domovoi, where she literally started with the skeleton of the character, then added muscles, skin and hair. Domovoi was 'brought to life' through the time-lapse, and allowed Nicola to patiently animate for over a month, using different materials (such as synthetic hair and spray paint) and to simply, enjoy the process of creating a character.
I (Lily Goodchild) made a condensed, abstracted version of the story that we had planned to do for this next project. I became drawn to the idea that the little girl's dream self would be aware of its surroundings, and would be so frightened of Kikimora's appearance that it would dive back into the girl's head to hide. I also used implication rather than explicit reveals of Kikimora, so when you watch the film you are not certain who or what Kikimora actually is, but you get a general idea of her connection to the spinning wheel and her daunting presence.
Monday, 25 February 2013
Sunday, 24 February 2013
Correcting Domovoi's Armature
Unfortunately we had an issue with the ball and socket armature, for the Domovoi mould as it didn't line up correctly. As you can see below the arms weren't long enough, this made all the joint to be in the wrong place.
The first idea to correct it was to unscrew the attachments, and simply cut a longer piece of metal tubing for the shoulders, therefore increasing the shoulder length and also the arms. But the screws holding the entire armature together were glued into place and therefore couldn't be moved. So some how we needed to correct the armature by lengthening the arms another way. In the end Kane Duncan, Darryl Marsh and myself (Nicola Everill) resolved the problem by extending the fore arm.
Firstly Kane removed the arms as shown below:
He then cut down the KnS tubing slightly, so the top of the armatures arms can fit into the tubing. Then silver soldering the two pieces onto the armature. For the bottom of the arm to be attached, Kane placed the arm into the tubing, slightly clamping the tubing around it with pliers. And again silver soldering, to ensure the new improved arm will not break or fall apart.
Image below showing how the new armature fits better into the mould, and the joints are in the correct place. Just need to trim down the wire for the fingers, so they fit nicely into the hand part of the mould.
Set 3: Pine trees
To help complete set three (outside shot of the hut) Sam Clarke started to create pine trees, to surround
the house.
He used this technique I found on
Youtube, by Philip Stephens:
Below is the first
tree Sam has constructed, using this specific technique. Unable to have access
to a handheld or power drill, he managed to twist the wire with his hands.
Still the tree produced looks particularly well constructed, but next time Sam said he is
going to use a drill instead.
Friday, 22 February 2013
Lily Goodchild's Domovoi sketches
Image of some amazing illustrations
completed by Lily Goodchild
(Domovoi, and a glimpse of our
storey board)
The man himself, Domovoi to the left
in all his foam latex glory.
To the right Lily the artist at work.
Lily arranged Domovoi in various
poses and completed various sketches, to gain a more fluid feel for Domovoi as
a puppet. Enabling Lily to possibly apply some of these more dynamic positions into
our storyboard.
Wednesday, 20 February 2013
Sunday, 17 February 2013
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