Tuesday, December 9, 2008

The Making of Lash






Lash was filmed in three geographical places throughout Australia’s vast continent. The beach scenes were shot on the beautiful beaches of Northern NSW. The underwater scenes were filmed in the crystal clear waters of the Northern Territory’s Bitter Springs (400 km south of Darwin) and the persecution scenes were shot at the VCA’s studio in Melbourne, Australia in 2008. The short film is a wonderful mix of hybrid arts practices, combining traditional pixilation techniques, rotoscoping and visual effects, seamlessly blending the live action performance with the more traditional hand drawn backgrounds

The process involved taking digital stills of live action and then each element of each frame was cut out in order to layer different textures onto faces, body parts and backgrounds to achieve a mysterious look. The result is very unusual, the animation taking on an almost other worldly quality and adding a surreal edge to the finish of the film. Lash was shot in five days over three months and the animation took another three months to complete.

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