3D Stop Motion Part Five

Building the Set

This is the main part of the set...we had 2 bit of wood, on was for the back which we hung red material on for a curtain backdrop (which is the red material you can see laying down) and then the bit standing up with a hole in and curtains either side. The camera when shooting will be the other side to this and this is where the magician pops out from. 

The next bit was the stage that you can just see in the image above... here it is being made..

This is the front of the stage..where the magician will perform his magic tricks. The bits of wood that we stuck on the front had been burn to give it a worn effect, however later on the group decided to paint this black. 

We were going to use the remaining bits of wood to construct the floor like this...

But we were told that the magnets used to keep the puppets standing up wouldn't work through them. So we decided to scan them in and print out the effect. However once we had we didn't like it and decided to keep the stage as it was.

Props

The Chairs

There were many props that had to be made... the ones that I took a major role in making were the chairs. Stuart and Suzi made a rough mock up chair to give us an idea as to the size and dimensions...

I the took this home and made this...

This was a lot sturdier and stronger that the first.

I took this back and showed the group. We then made a production line making the chair as we needed 12...3 and row and 2 rows each side. I was in charge of drawing the nets as I knew them and the dimensions. Suzi and Stuart were cutting and sticking them together. Stuart also cut out the foam for the backs and Aaron and Bas stuck the red material over them and stuck black bit of card on the back to neaten them up and finish them off, here are the stages....

Then the rest of the cardboard was painted black. 

The Dead Audience

Stuart made 4 different heads for the dead audience out of clay...all having died of some sort of failed magic trick. Bas and Suzi painted two each.

The Charcoaled and Melted Victim

Shot in the Head Victim

Frozen Victim

Saw Victim

The Hat

Unfortunately I don't have any images of the hats but Bas made them out of black plasticine and did a very good job of it. He made four, all ranging in size. .

The Swords

Aaron made the swords that the rabbits stick in the hat when the girl is in it. There are very simple, basically little sticks of wood painted silver. 

Overall I was very pleased with the set and props, I feel that we did a rand job of making them. This is the front view of the set almost complete...