Busker Screening

In August 2011 Becky Berry, Max Martin and myself were delighted to have our Stop-motion film ‘The Busker’ (2011) screened outside of university for the 1^st time, in the Bristol Festival of Puppetry!

The festival screening took place upstairs in the Bristol’s Hen & Chicken Pub on the 31^st of August, a regular hub for animators in Bristol. Thank you to the festivals coordinators at puppetplace for giving us the opportunity to showcase our work and for hosting such an exciting festival. We look forward to the next in 2013!

To find out more about the Bristol Festival of Puppetry and puppetplace, visit:

http://www.puppetplace.org/festival/index.html

http://www.puppetplace.org

Shaking Hands Action Analysis

Action analysis page, for a university brief on ‘shaking hands.’ Here the scenario features a man trying to raise money for gastric bands for obese seagulls.

The Busker (2011)

Here a short stop-motion film called 'The Busker,' made in collaboration with Becky Berry and Max Martin as part of the production studies module in our second year at Bristol School of Animation.

Synopsis:  'A penniless street musicians' life is transformed when he finds a bottle top with magical properties.'

The Production of the film was over a ten week period, which included 4 weeks Pre-production: script, storyboard and design. 3 weeks for puppet and set bulding and 3 weeks of animation and post production.

The Team: 

BECKY BERRY: www.beckyberry.co.uk, beckyjberry@hotmail.com

-Animator
-Set design
-Lead Costume Design

MAX MARTIN: www.claynation.co.uk, thatmax@mac.com

-Lead animator
-Set Design
-Puppet Maker
-Sound Design

HYWEL P ROBERTS: www.hywelproberts.blogspot.co.uk, ohwellpr@hotmail.co.uk

- Lead Puppet Maker
- Animator
- Storyboard Artist
- Writer

The Busker (2011) Stills

Busker Puppet Construction

The Busker Development

Busker Collages

These are some collages I made during the character design stage of 'The Busker.' The process used in making them involved cutting out photos and arranging them together in photoshop. I find the photocollage technique a useful way to think about a characters shape and colour, and often comes up with unexpected results.