Testing out an animation style for a possible future project.

You know, I really should’ve drawn Rocket Nixon.

I’m back from vacation, with some more stuff from the archives.
In 2003 I created a short animation called “Commuters“, for the One Minute Video Festival, a local film fest. All the submitted videos had to be one minute long or less. This was both a challenge and a relief – a challenge to get some kind of story done within that running time, and a relief at the end of the project, because it took me a month just to put together 50+ seconds of footage.
The animation was done in Flash and Photoshop and then output to video. The sound effects were created using my handy Yamaha DJX keyboard, sadly gathering dust in the closet now.
The images below constitute a sort of “spoiler”, so if you want to pop over to theplasticbox.com and watch the short first, go ahead. Otherwise, scroll on down.
((SPOILER SPACING))
Anyway, here is one of the backgrounds used, and a detail from it.

Brian was interviewed for the recurring Globe feature, “The Process”, written by Louise Kennedy. Kennedy spoke with Brian about the process he uses in creating Teddy & Anna, his animated web serial.

Read the article online (archived, requires registration and fee.)

Brian’s new animated short “Commuters” will have its premiere in the One Minute Video Festival, which is playing at Evos Arts in Lowell Friday, March 7th, 2003 from 7 pm-11pm.

“Commuters” examines the trials and tribulations of those who take public transport to work, and their relationship with those who have their own vehicles. And, it’s set in an alternate universe. All this in under a minute of video!

The One Minute Video Festival is jointly presented by Evos Arts and the Revolving Museum, and will be touring a number of venues across the US. For more information on the Festival and a list of venues, see the Massatucky Films website.