Folks of the world, it seems I am done with this piece. Or, at least, reached a phase that can be shared. This is my "other project" that I've hinted at so many times, probably unnoticed by mostly everyone. Unbelievable, but it took me more than half a year to make! I shot the first pictures on January 23! And even so, it's more of a test, rather than a full-fledged short movie. I originally wanted to make a stop-motion short that depicts a canon event from the Bionicle storyline, but it turned out it would be really hard to find suitable backgrounds and make it look underwater-y. So, since I don't have any functioning softwares specifically designed for animation, I turned to Sony Vegas and it's keyframing abilities. It worked, and so the animation was born. I am aware of the fact that it looks awfully crude at places, and that the animation models could have been tweaked as well. I also know there is inconsistency between the short stop-motion sequences and the keyframe animation, as well as the appearance of the characters themselves between shots. Especially the coloration pf their body parts! But this was just my first attempt at the method, so expect my future projects (if there will ever be any) to look more polished. For one, I'm not planning to use any more set photos for the characters. The voices could use more work too. I had to use my voice for all the characters (even the Gadunka and the red beast), and my acting abilities are far from good. Still, I ...
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