how2animate: an introduction
Tom's second student...film...tutorial...documentary....

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Assigned to create a how-to video for his first film class, and still on his infamously stringent school deadline, this little experiment was born. Tom admits to having a lot of fun working on the animated segment for this project, it being his first time compositing his drawings into pseudo-live environments. All of the backgrounds are matte paintings, something Tom had no prior knowledge/experience doing. It should be fairly obvious that at this point, Tom had never narrated anything either, switching between his regular speaking voice and a 60's narrator thing.

All of the camera movements were painstakingly keyframed to achieve a low-budget, drone-y style. We really like how it came out.
What we aren't too keen on is the audio; borrowed, old microphones make for a tough sound mix.

PRODUCTION CREDITS
Written, Produced, Directed and Animated by Tom Loudon
Copyright 2023 Stupid Optical Studios
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