So, if this uploads, there is a story behind it. It really should have been storyboarded, but with the good old bull in a china shop approach, well, we thought fuck it, let's just do it. An olde fashioned Bolex camera and some 100ft of 16mm film later and we were ready to rock.
The film is in 3 parts, the first part is actually a cunningly placed feature film condensed into a few seconds, it's hard work the old stop motion don't yer know? So, teddy is out for a stroll and well, wouldn't you know it, some barstard mini comes along and RUNS HIM OVER! Teddy ain't pleased about this, if you look frame by frame you can even see the eyebrows go all cross, not sure whether it's camera shake or an accident in the processing lab but there is a bit of crazy flicker at this point, I digress. So, our Ted, being somewhat quick tempered goes off hollers a New York cab and a cannon and yep, he blows the mutha up! The moral of the story, don't mess with Ted, actually Ted is a sheep, but nevermind that, immaterial
Part two: Space. So, I make a den, procure a laser from a small child (okay, it was from my own daughter, but she ain't gonna know for a few years yet) and hide out in said den and zone out, yeah, I liked that bit.
Part three: Now, it's all been a bit stop motion indoorsy up til now, the other guys were getting cabin fever so we went to a Theatre in the round Greek/Roman, iuno, some kind of round stone place with trees and just let the camera roll whilst I took a stroll and we fiddled with the shutter speed.
The BEST bit about this film is that if you put your ear right close, you can hear the projector whirring away in the background, there ain't nothing like it. Okay digital is easy, but film is cool!
And that my dears is that, digi vs film according to the sloth.
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The last part almost had me go into seizures. LOL... dizzy....
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