Under the Ax : Stop Motion Short

A Senior Thesis that is still in the progression of completion. I'll keep working on it. Promise.
Auto has completely changed appearances - a last minute character design change that helped me personally, feel more empathetic with my main protagonist. I mean, what the fuck is the point if you don't succeed in making your audience feel that?

Mechanical Magnificence - The House of Machines

This set was so much fun to build. The concrete look is achieved with styrofoam painted over with grey acrylic. Dressed with cracks and little wires sticking out, I find it convincing enough. I also was allowed by my daddio to take apart a DVD player, the circuit boards are an intriguing detail, adds character. Little robot pieces, little overhead lamps, security cameras that spin like a top, chains crunching, a rotating ceiling fan, this house really comes to life in the master shot! Roughly 1,200 photos taken here.

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Tree + Tree = Some Trees + Cheating it with a Camera = Forest

This is the forest where all the beautiful meetings happen. Roughly 2,000 photos take place here. The trees are sculpted out of sculpey, painted on top with acrylic. The rocks are made up of Chipotle napkins that I hot glued into rocky shapes. All the foliage dressing is from a model train store. Enter the forest!

Copyright 2011 George Peaslee

Bring you up here. Axe Complex SET photos.

This is my main character Autos place. Scale wise... the photo of the astronaut on the back wall is about 1 in x 0.5 in. This is the first set I completed last year, just finished shooting everything on it! Total of 350 photos here.

Copyright 2011 George Peaslee

Filming the Cliff - Auto Gathers a Seashell!

Auto tries to grab a seashell!

This is only a test. Auto is no longer Auto.

TITLE: (work in progress) "Axe Complex" - Introducing Characters

UPDATE:
NAMES:

PICTURE 1&2 - MR. TRUMPETTI - The inventor and creator of Mechanical objects. Dwells in the Inferno.
PICTURE 3 - CARROT - One of the three human friends who live on the hilltop of Purgatorio. He is soft spoken, but intuitive.
PICTURE 4 - GREEN BARRY - A lanky fellow, one of the three human friends who live on the hilltop of Purgatorio. Youthful, energetic.
PICTURE 5 - SCOUT & AUTO (L & R) - Scout is the main character, she is further along in dressing, don't worry. The lucky machine who is blessed with a human essence. Auto is a outgoing leader type, one of the three human friends who live on the hilltop of Purgatorio.
NAMES: will be updated soon, after script is written. These are the 5 out of 6 characters that will be starring in my stop motion short film I am making for my senior thesis. Bluegreen Hill will be an epic story... you just wait for that story.... cause it's a coming... soon. Don't test me.

Copyright 2010 George Peaslee

W(ork).I(n).P(rogress). - Return of the Empire Strikes Hope... WHAT???

Sneaker Peeker at what I have been working on this summer. Hoping to release a short film by the end of the year with these characters. The movie will be an original short, about a family of mummies. Tastes pretty damn good.

stay tuned for updates on this rapidly growing in momentum and spazzle kind of project.

Copyright 2010 George Peaslee