Shooting resumed on Orpheus & Eurydice
Shooting has resumed on the stop-motion animation of Orpheus & Eurydice, directed by Saranne Bensusan. This follows a brief hiatus due to COVID and we hope to have the film finished soon.
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Headstones on their way
You may remember that a year ago we put out a call for you to get involved with the production of Orpheus & Eurydice, by helping to fund some puppet making materials. We are pleased to be able to say that we have started to dispatch headstones now that they have come down from the set, and the associated imdb credits have been submitted.
Intermission in Orpheus & Eurydice
Animation at home during a pandemic
despite the current pandemic, shooting has continued on Orpheus and Eurydice, directed by Saranne Bensusan. This week we shot Orpheus’s musical number, with help of the footage shot of musician Andy Hylden when he recorded the music.
Set building commences for Orpheus & Eurydice
The set for Orpheus & Euydice has taken a huge step forward as the animation platform has been constructed in front of the red screen that will be used for chromakeying. We’d like thank the film’s director, Saranne Bensusan, for her tireless work in constructing this platform and getting us to this stage.
Complete set of Hades Faces cast as molds from sculpts
Mold making work ongoing for the various mouth shapes of speaking characters
On Sunday, director Saranne Bensusan took one of Hades faces from the RTV mold that it had been used to create and from there started work on the next one.
Poster for Orpheus and Eurydice published today
the Poster for our latest production, a stop-motion animation of Orpheus & Eurydice, was published today. Initially posted to the social media platform twitter just after 15:00, the poster features artwork from long term collaborator Chris Wright, who has worked on many of our projects since he -produced The Hunting of the Snark.
Get Involved with Orpheus and Eurydice
We are inviting you to get involved as we raise the funding needed for the materials for the final stage of puppet fabrication, we are looking to raise a total of £190 for materials and are offering up various incentives, check them out here!
Saranne’s animation setup test prior to Orpheus shoot
Yesterday Orpheus & Eurydice director Saranne Bensusan setup up an animation to test all the necessary kit, here are the results.
We have a little test coming later in set of @OrpheusAnd…… pic.twitter.com/wvB7gdCUu3
