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.

Ways to live forever (production still)

Ways to live forever (production still)

Ways to live forever (production still)

Ways to live forever (production still)

Ways to live forever (production still)

Ways to live forever (production still)

Ways to live forever (production still)