Appropriated film process
Much of animation is bringing life and movement to inanimate objects. Quote bubbles are used in comic books to communicate for the characters. By emptying the quote bubble you strip away its identity and purpose and it no longer communicates –or does it?
Much of animation is bringing life and movement to inanimate objects. Quote bubbles are used in comic books to communicate for the characters. By emptying the quote bubble you strip away its identity and purpose and it no longer communicates –or does it? The idea behind my silent film “Quote Bubble” is to attempt to capture the gestures and still communicate along side of the comedian.
To create the quote bubble I used a 3D modeling program called SketchUp and exported the animations into Final Cut where I chroma-keyed the bubble and tracked the movement of Eddie Cantor; paying the closest attention to the movement of his shoulders. It still has a long way to go to completely match his movements and cleaning up some of the green screen background elements. I plan on continuing to improve the animation.