"Bad Night" details
Winner of an Honorable Mention, Prix Ars Electronica, 1999.
I think this is showing on Animation Express, along with another piece using the same technique, "Hair Frizz".
This was an experiment I'd wanted to try for a long time, and finally got around to it. The photocollage method involves taking tons of pictures of ourselves and then stringing the photos together into a virtual puppet. We then can perform the motion live on stage.
Lev and I did our usual two-man-band arrangement for this. Lev did the script and voices and soundtrack, and also took most of the pictures. I did animation and TD'ing and shot setup. Generally when we work together I concentrate on visuals and motion, and Lev concentrates on audio and story, though we leak back and forth on that a lot.
Another still from "Bad Night"
A still from "Hair Frizz", a test with the same technique
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