My film is on temporary hiatus and has been for about 3 weeks. I had planned to get a day of filming done this Sunday but due to actors dropping out/equipment issues and disorganisation (my camera came and I wasn't in, they didn't leave a note so I got it 2 weeks later) things have been very slow.

I am now planning to head down to Brighton next weekend to spend 4/5 days working with some close actor friends of mine so that i can get as much done as possible with them. This gives me more time to completely visualise the sketches and start to surreal-ize them.

This month me and a friend of mine volunteered for a week at Animated Exeter - run by animator Susannah Shaw.
We had an amazing time, helping out with workshops, interviewing people and talking to people and working with some amazing people!
I was lucky enough to work with Forkbeard Fantasy, a great experience. They were projecting onto Exeter Cathedral with a piece called 'Evolumental'

We also did their 'Crossing The Celluloid Divide' workshop, which is a technique I have blogged about previously.

Here is a video of how we got on.

Brilliantly I also caught some of Ed Jobling's explanation of how it's done, so hopefully I will be able to start using this technique once I get my hands on a projector!

I also caught the under 18's awards, which were really inspiring! I'm starting a film project with a youth group soon and this one video has really got me thinking of ways we can make it fun and interesting for the kids! I love how it mixes most types of animation - 2d, 3d stop motion and pixelation.

Wall:mation POV by Suited & Booted Studios