Claymation
Making puppets
Watch the video on Tim Burtons The Corpses Bride
What is unique about the puppets made for The Corpse Bride?
The puppets used in the movie The Corpses Bride are unique because not only are they clay figures but they also have small mechanical heads. The mechanical heads helps the animators change little things like the jawline to convey expressions and emotions. The main characters in the story like Victor, Corpse Bride and Victoria have very complex mechanical heads because they have a lot of screen time and need to convey a lot of different emotions.
Watch the video on Tim Burtons The Corpses Bride
What is unique about the puppets made for The Corpse Bride?
The puppets used in the movie The Corpses Bride are unique because not only are they clay figures but they also have small mechanical heads. The mechanical heads helps the animators change little things like the jawline to convey expressions and emotions. The main characters in the story like Victor, Corpse Bride and Victoria have very complex mechanical heads because they have a lot of screen time and need to convey a lot of different emotions.
On Set
Visit the Aardman Animation website and examine the On Set part of the Virtual Studio Tour:
Describe three different aspects of filming that are occurring on the set of Shaun the Sheep.
In the On set part of the Virtual Studio Tour there are four people working on the Shaun the Sheep set. Two people are modelling the clay figures on the scene. One person is controlling the lighting and reflections to make the set look more realistic and the last person is manning the camera and taking photos as the modellers change the clay figures.
Visit the Aardman Animation website and examine the On Set part of the Virtual Studio Tour:
Describe three different aspects of filming that are occurring on the set of Shaun the Sheep.
In the On set part of the Virtual Studio Tour there are four people working on the Shaun the Sheep set. Two people are modelling the clay figures on the scene. One person is controlling the lighting and reflections to make the set look more realistic and the last person is manning the camera and taking photos as the modellers change the clay figures.
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A photograph of the set
of Shaun the Sheep,
a popular children
claymation
television
show.
Comparing Burton and Aardman
View the trailers for Wallace and Gromit: A matter of Loaf and Death and The Corpse Bride and note the differences
Describe what is different about the appearance (the look) of each film. (Describe the look of the sets and the style of characters.)
The movie Wallace and Gromit: A matter of Loaf and Death has a much lighter and comedic tone compared to Tim Burton's The Corpses Bride. The characters in The Corpses Bride look gloomy with pale grey skin, large eyes, angular heads, strange body shapes and all of them wear dark colours like black, brown and navy blue. On the other hand the characters and sets in Wallace and Gromit are colourful and bright with vibrant colours in the sets that send a playful, humorous and cheerful tone.
View the trailers for Wallace and Gromit: A matter of Loaf and Death and The Corpse Bride and note the differences
Describe what is different about the appearance (the look) of each film. (Describe the look of the sets and the style of characters.)
The movie Wallace and Gromit: A matter of Loaf and Death has a much lighter and comedic tone compared to Tim Burton's The Corpses Bride. The characters in The Corpses Bride look gloomy with pale grey skin, large eyes, angular heads, strange body shapes and all of them wear dark colours like black, brown and navy blue. On the other hand the characters and sets in Wallace and Gromit are colourful and bright with vibrant colours in the sets that send a playful, humorous and cheerful tone.