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AUGUST
THE MOVIE (4:00) (87
MB, Quicktime required)
In the beginning of 2005 I made a short film
about Captain August using my secret, patented
Cheap Animation
technique. Spanning a cool 4 minutes, it features
the classic premise of the little captain
drifting through an endless corridor in search
of the bridge. He encounters his various crewmembers
who all try to prevent him from meeting his
self-imposed objective. The narrative is more
a self-contained interpretation of the story
with a clear ending instead of neatly fitting
into the existing storyline.
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Visually I used a combination of hand-drawn
characters and 3D backgrounds and objects modelled
in Maya. Superimposing the one over the other,
I gained an image that closely resembled the
comic whilst coming over as fresh and sci-fi
at the same time.
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The audio was something of a challenge. All
the voices were done by myself, something I
hope you won't notice too much. The music should
be quite familiar, even though I picked less
obvious bits and pieces from Beethoven's Ode
to Joy. Even though I consciously took this piece,
I still wanted to avoid using that overly used-to-death
piece you hear everywhere. Ah well, it could
have been worse; I could have used Oh Fortuna
from Carmina Burana.
Regardless, the music serves to give the film
a pretentious air it wouldn't have had otherwise,
completely blasting it off the over-the-top
scale. Exactly how I like it.
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Even in an animation it's clear where my interests
lay: in long dialogues that just go on and on
and on... saves me a great deal of animating!
I sincerely hope you enjoy this short movie.
It should give a new spark to the August universe
for you and give all your favourite characters
a new dimension, with sound, voice and movement.
Have fun! |
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