I am using two wooden horses and two really tough planks of oak to support the set. Their were a bunch of old doors in the rafters so I brought those down and layed them side by side.  Then I used large plastic sheets to cover them. This will seal them from all the moisture that the dirt will bring after I use water to harden the dirt. Since there will be so much weight on top of the doors I am going to use some more support in the middle. The small front section i wanted to make a little peak between the trees. it turned out kinda cool so i set up some lights on it to see what I had.

Ok I've been developing the stop motion set for string in my back shed. The set is about 12 ft by 8ft. I've been digging up dirt and bringing it in along with branches and moss. Lots of big rocks and small flowers that dry up nice. The dirt tends to be dry and rocky so you have to break up alot of the dirt with your hands. The dirt also contains alot of clay, so when I soak it down with water it sticks together nicely. finally taking the finer dirt to make a top layer than bits of moss, store bought and found for the top layer. This will eventually look like a forest!

STRING

Ok so New project underway. Bus 8 has been put on the shelf. The new film I'm working on is a claymation short. Its called STRING. its about a character who finds a piece of string and thinks it can solve all his problems but he soon learns that their is more to life than just string. It metaphorically stands for many things but basically material objects and how they can destroy us if we rely too heavily upon them. The story is based off a song but is original in its own right.  The song is called THE STRING SONG on the album The Music Machine. The movie requires major prep work developing enviroments and characters. I am working on the first enviroment which is the forest where the main character finds his string. Photographs are coming!

this is too widescreen! fixing this!

The music is kinda low so up volume!

This week I made the music and cut up some more scenes to see what kind of music will set the mood. I created it in garage band (program is awesome) I trying to get the bus for next week to shoot angles and footage. This Summer I will be totally focused on this one project. Have a great summer see you soon.