Big Zoom

I blogged before that some of the backgrounds had to be insanely big to facilitate zoom ins and still satisfy the 2000 pixel screen resolution for cinema. Here is a zoom into the Title map to show just how detailed every part of the map had to be...

BigZoom from Felix Sputnik on Vimeo.

Terra Firma...

...and 70% not so firma. Here is the title sequence map and the "4 corners of the globe"

The Bounce

And here is my slap-comp of the bounce at the end of the Title sequence... I was particularly pleased with the Easter-Island scene, I just drew a single turnaround of one statue and then rearranged them in "Flash©" and bounced them around like in a giant game of skittles...

Tryptich from Felix Sputnik on Vimeo.

Too saucy...

There is a scene at the end of the titles, just before the rats do "riverdance" when the pirate ship knocks down a merman, that adorns a label of one of the maps. Here is my first rough animation of that scene, where I added a mermaid for extra lovelyness. However, it was deemed too saucy for the movie and looking at it now, I agree, but you can't blame me for trying...

merman from Felix Sputnik on Vimeo.

Hold your horses

When I first got the story board for the USA segment, I envisioned the stage coach being pursued by the pirates, and the cavalry intervening. As it turned out the posse chasing them away was a mixture of cowboys 'n indians (forgive the political incorrectitude) perhaps doing so as rival stage-coach-robbers. Here, however, is a first, much bouncier coach, albeit without driver.

HorseCoach from Felix Sputnik on Vimeo.

Poseidon post

Here is a slap comp I put together of the Poseidon scene to let the compositors at Aardman know where I wanted to go...

PoseidonMockup2 from Felix Sputnik on Vimeo.

Good ol' US of A

Ok, the DVD is out, so I suppose I can blog some actual scenes, without someone getting upset. Here are some Designs for the most involves scene in the Titles, the Cowboy and Indian one. I'll be posting how I put that one together next... so hang in there...