A New Game progress

Editing the rough cuts:

This week we focused on collating the footage we took and timing it to the dialogue. Marilyn and I also created the title cards and end credits, respectively. Now we have to add music and the clean up the animation so that the viewer can see the UI switches etc.
I timed out the living room scenes to match the pace of the dialogue by extending frames so that a particular frame is held for longer if needed. I also cleaned up the videogame UI sections to make the character on screen react to the costume changes in time to the dialogue. I also cropped the UI changes and spliced them into the footage to make it look like Zack and Lulu were flicking around the blog to select the clothing options.


We've added music and finished the film!

Stop-motion review: SAKA-MEN

Directed by Shigeru Okada, Saka-Men is a Japanese horror stop-motion short detailing the s a violent bandit and his family and the misfortune they incur after the bandit breaks a shimenawa rope (sacred straw rope designed to serve as a border between the real world and the other world in Shinto religion). The characters seem to be made of fairly stiff plastic "dolls" with claymation to help with their expressions and the monsters in the short film. I found the short to be quite creepy and effective, especially with the monster that shows up and possesses the bandit, warping his body using claymation.

The video can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=7&v=0Xb6SBrjP1c