Fear Of Flying | Stop Motion Animated Short Film
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- A bird with a fear of flying tries to avoid heading South for the winter. This short film served as the basis for the hit Nickelodeon show "Becca's Bunch" - www.cartoonbrew.com/making-of...
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"Playfully blending live-action puppetry with 2D and 3D animation techniques, Conor Finnegan builds on the visual flair and quirky storytelling displayed in his graduation film Fluffy McCloud with latest short Fear of Flying. Showcasing a more ambitious narrative than seen in his earlier work, Finnegan’s latest tale follows his feathered protagonist as he stocks up on supplies and battens down the hatches for a long cold winter.
With such a strong and intriguing visual style for his short we had to talk to the Irish filmmaker to discover the inspiration behind the distinct look of Fear of Flying, whilst also grilling the animator about his production process and working with a crew:
“I’d blended stop-motion and 2d in my grad film Fluffy McCloud but I guess it was the tribute to Where the Wild Things Are, called Buildings and Vampires made by Nico Casavecchia and his friends that inspired me to do it with live-action. They shot puppets on sticks and comped 2d animation over it. It had a really natural feel to it that I was immediately drawn to. But they’d left the sticks in. I decided to do something similar but to remove the sticks altogether in post.”
“It started with a script and then I began doing character designs and mood-boards, etc. After that I story-boarded and made the animatic. The animatic went through a lot of changes, some things were thrown out while other things were added. It was a weird one for me as all my previous shorts had basically been gags with less of an emphasis on story arcs and character development. I think I learned a lot in the process. While I was fine-tuning all that, the sets and puppets were being made by the amazing Fallover Bros and Renate Henschke. We shot all the live-action elements over 5 days in South Studios Dublin and then I edited the footage and began comping the backgrounds, getting rid of sticks, adding the arms and legs, etc. This was all done in After Effects, mostly using masks and the Puppet Pin Tool. Meanwhile an animator in Germany did the 3d lip/ beak sync animation in 3ds Max and a friend in Dublin did the 3d tracking using Syntheyes. Finally the beak was comped by a guy in South Africa, again using After Effects. While all this was going on, Echolab was working on the music and sound design. Everyone worked remotely but we’d catch up regularly on G-Chat or Skype and were more or less all in the same time zones.”
“In the past I’d done everything myself. I think there were 14 or 15 people on set for 10 hours a day for 5 days while we shot the live-action puppets on sticks. I was probably the least experienced of the bunch so it was pretty intimidating at the start but I think that was eased by the fact that everyone working on it was so good at what they did. I was also lucky enough to have an excellent producer. In the end we were well prepared and it all went smoothly enough.”
With Dougal’s tale now set free on the internet, Finnegan admits he may return to the techniques displayed in his current short in the future - citing their “charm and potential” as the attractive qualities that make him eager to develop this style. In the meantime though, the animators next work couldn’t be more different to the beguiling puppetry on show in Fear of Flying. Made completely in 2D and created in After Effects, his contribution to the Late Night Work Club is the slightly disturbing tale of man who discovers something rather surprising on a visit to the toilet. Labeled Asshole by its creator, its title may give you an idea of what to expect." - S/W Curator Rob Munday
Written and Directed by Conor Finnegan
Produced by Brunella Cocchiglia
Voiced by Mark Doherty, Aoife Duffin & Steven Courtney
DOP: Ivan Mc Cullough
Music & Sound Design: ECHOLAB
Composers: Tobias Norberg, Gavin Little, Mats Valentin
Sound Design: Joe Mc Hugh, Gavin Little
Characters Made by Renate Henschke
Art Director: Joe Fallover
Reproduced on this channel with the permission of the filmmakers. - Krátké a kreslené filmy
Love the music. And the tiny items are so cute!
The fear was real! A story that touches the heart. Well done, guys!
omg this was so cute and funny i love it
Bravo
This is not Stopmotion. It is live action animated with 2D. Very great job.
Well... with stuffed toys it's technically stop motion
@@Lilian040210 stop motion is a technique, not a style.
is a mix of stop motion with modern vfx, some 2d animation too
@@funkfz6312its live action puppeting with 2d animation, its not stop motion
I loved this. Super cute and well made.
Amazing
Early birds and late worms live longer. That blue Dick's flock joke 😆. Great work. Cheers
This short reminds me of Wes Anderson's movies!
Comic timing & editing was exquisite. Innovative combination of techniques. What an utter delight.
More please.😊
This is pure art
Worm: good morning
Bird: good morning.
Me: aww they are friends
*Bird eats worm*
Me: or not.
I love the little detail that the potato bags are for Idaho potatoes
That's really awesome! I love the mixed Stopmotion and 2D, is there some video too?
One word:
Awesome
Sooooo well done !
He really said good morning to the worm before it was good night for it. Creative problem solving tho, could be a metaphor for many things you don't see a solution to bc it's not the regular problem.
muy bueno!!!!!
lol loved it and such funny names
Great work
Also good animation 👍
Hilarious. Thanks for the video.
Was thinking he might be afraid of swimming too. “woohoo...he did it”
How is that 11 months old I remember watching it 2 years ago??
Hi Jelly Bob! We featured this short in 2013, but CZcams is a relatively newer platform for us so we like to upload shorts from our back catalogue. Let me know if there's any we've featured that you would like to see on CZcams. ❤️
It's a Brenda's bunch Pilot!
its look really good like CGI Annimation...any idea for smoothness
Cute.
Moral of the story: don’t trust squirrels 🐿!
Hahaha
side note: does this take place in Ireland? The weather station shows what looks like Ireland.
a bird
Im Still Like Becca's Bunch
High crime inner city will stunt one.
Lovely closing music.
Terrible squirrel.
it looks like Becca's bunch
Correct! Becca's Bunch was developed off of this short film - www.cartoonbrew.com/making-of/how-beccas-bunch-achieved-its-unique-blend-of-puppetry-and-animation-176988.html
Swim? ok