Comments on: The Revenge of the Bug

By: Irene Roxanne

Irene Roxanne — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:12:04 +0000

G! This is excellent. How much work (and time) must have gone into it!! It’s so well done - the way the guy moves, the shadows on the wall, the storyline. And it’s wonderful you carved the doll to look more like your friend. Great, great job. Wow.

And your soundtrack is real cool…as well as the squishy sounds made by the insect!

By: Flickr: GammaBlog

Flickr: GammaBlog — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:00:38 +0000

Well, I did have a book about the German films of that era at that time, maybe it rubbed off on me. Though I dug Nosferatu and Metropolis over that silly Dr. Caligari movie.

By: Flickr: Irene Roxanne

Flickr: Irene Roxanne — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:48:45 +0000

I once assisted a friend of mine on a short, claymation film she was creating, and it took eons. It’s such an elaborate process.

With your film, it’s clear that you put so much work into making the GI Joe’s movements natural. And I remember what GI Joe’s body looked like - like a bodybuilder on way too many steroids. It’s so cool how you pared away at all that…

Regarding the shadows, they bring to mind The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari or something…German expressionism…Real cool…

By: Flickr: GammaBlog

Flickr: GammaBlog — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:25:34 +0000

Thanks, Irene. Yeah a lot of work went into it. Mostly in figuring out how to make and support the model. Plus hours studying the likes of Muybrige’s motion studies.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eadweard_Muybridge

The stark shadows (and the lack of fill} came from the budget not affording more than one photo-flood bulb. No, the carving on the GI Joe face was minimal. I’d made a clay sculpted head that did look a lot like my friend but I decided that GI Joe looked enough like him to pass, and skipped the casting process. But the body was extensively modified, to extend its range of motion.

By: Flickr: Irene Roxanne

Flickr: Irene Roxanne — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:12:51 +0000

G! This is excellent. How much work (and time) must have gone into it!! It’s so well done - the way the guy moves, the shadows on the wall, the storyline. And it’s wonderful how you carved the doll to look more like your friend. Great, great job. Wow.

And your soundtrack is real cool…as well as the squishy sounds made by the insect!

By: Flickr: GammaBlog

Flickr: GammaBlog — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:18:26 +0000

Hope you like it max. I’ve added sound to three of them so far. I’ve got one more to do.

By: Flickr: madmaxnyc

Flickr: madmaxnyc — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:10:30 +0000

You made stop-motion? You rock! I’ll go watch now

By: bob

bob — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:45:41 +0000

Once again, you have brought me back to 10 years old. It was great. the refinements you added just made the trip that much more enjoyable. I loved the soundtrack and the sfx. that bug is still freakin scary.

By: Wrybread

Wrybread — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:28:36 +0000

Holy crap, awesome!

And that soundtrack is phenomenal.