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Discovering animation through a new
medium- sand
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ANKITA SHAH
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Light
box, camera, sand…action! The anticipating audience was all charged
up for the next workshop on Sand Animation.
"Sand
animation is all about meditation, rediscovering nature and its
tactile force. It is a fascinating medium, just like rediscovering
direct cinema," said Sekharda, who introduced sand animation
alongwith his student, Delwyn.
Delwyn Remedios, currently a student at NID, is part of the experimental
sand animation workshop, where they experimented with sand as
a medium to do animation for music videos for a Spanish band.
However one day, they decided to make a narrative through sand
animation. The result- Chai Break.
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Delwyn
began his session with the screening of the short film Chai Break
made during the experimental workshop. With mind boggling visuals,
Indian style music and a lot of hooting and cheering from the
crowd, the screening was followed by an explanation of the making
of the film.
"Sand
animation is all about your instincts. First, you make the sound
track and then you begin the animation for it. What follows, depends
on your instincts," Delwyn said.
Chai
Break was made by a group of ten students and was completed in
three months. They started with the 'Cut Up Method' for their
story. He demonstrated the method by calling a few from the audience
to the stage and making them draw on the same sheet. It involved
one person making the head of a character, folding the paper so
that the other could not see it, while the other person drew a
body for it and so on. So the end result is a funny character
with a mismatched head, body and legs. This method was used for
the storyboard of Chai Break.
The
group went for a walk to the chaiwallah, and noticed things on
their way. Once they returned, they drew what they saw and combined
the drawings into a storyboard. Now all that was left to do was
animate them and make the transitions from one scene to another.
Through
his experience while making the film, Delwyn learnt some important
points, which he shared with the audience. They are:
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Let
the SAND tell the story.
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Avoid
putting objects directly in the centre.
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Merge
your mistakes into the film.
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Have
patience.
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Coordination
and cooperation with the whole team is important to maintain
consistency. When working in shifts, leave a note to the next
group informing them about what you have done and what you intended
make.
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Watch
films with a new perspective.
There
are certain warm up exercises that one can do before beginning
animation, which Delwyn demonstrated live, using a light box.
A plastic glass can be used as a stencil to make a circle, a fork
for making lines, etc. For the rest, the best tool to use is your
hand.
For
the next ten minutes, Delwyn created the animation of a scene
with mountains and a tree growing from the ground and a bird flying
and sitting on the tree, all the while, explaining where he was
using the principles of animation such as anticipation, boiling,
keeping in mind the volume of the objects and the lighting.
After
this, he called upon members of the audience to step up and continue
with his animation to make something of their own. Meanwhile,
he was bombarded with questions, some of which included:
What
are the preparations you need to make for sand animation?
All you need is a light box or alternatively a drawer with a light
bulb and a glass on it and some sand. Also the sand, which you
can take from anywhere, has to be filtered of all other particles
and washed. Wet sand can take days or even weeks to dry.
While
working on the film, how much was animation was planned and how
much was done spontaneously?
Chai Break had a storyboard put together by the whole group.
We knew the beginning, the middle and the end. What was in between,
the transitions, was done by instinct.
When
you make a character walk, how do you maintain the shape of the
character?
That was one of the mistakes we made, however you may not have
noticed as we merged the mistakes with the film. We were moving
the sand for every new frame, so it was difficult to maintain
the volume and look of the character. It is difficult but you
have to manage it.
How
do you manage to get the perfect timing?
I think there's no such thing as perfect timing. You have some
idea in mind and you make it. You just have to try it out.
Once
the time was up, Delwyn completed the animation done by the audience
and concluded his presentation by showing the final video of the
film that was made right there live at Anifest India '08, which
by the way, ended with TASI's logo on sand.
ankita.shah@animationxpress.com
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