After an absurdly long period of time, the stop motion film none of you have been waiting for is complete! I estimate a whopping 60+ hours was spent on this, much of that was undergoing a strict learning curve. If I were to do this again, I now know so much more about so many little things, it'd probably only take 40 hours. And definitely have a less shaky camera.
I wrote the original script in junior year of high school, where it was selected to be performed by professional (!) actors on a public stage. My senior year, a good friend and I reworked it to become a one-act which we co-directed. Freshman year of undergrad I started working on a (still very unfinished) graphic novel of the story, starting when the characters attended university. Finally, this year (junior undergrad), I have taken the script and crammed the dialogue into under seven minutes, and added stop-motion animation in key areas. Just over 5,000 photos were taken.
I'm not sure having such a dialogue-heavy, complicated script was the best thing for a stop-motion short, but I am very excited and proud that I did it. I sincerely hope it makes sense.
I am acutely aware the audio does not flow very well. I couldn't get the actors together, so each line was recorded several times with different emotions, and the best match was used in the final version. Next time...
Last bit: there's a whole mythos behind this story, it's much longer, and, in my opinion, much more interesting.
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