Walk
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Join Edgar, the man, and Gigi, the dog, on a casual stroll through a wacky cut and paste neighborhood filled with drunk clowns, smoking grandmas, and sidewalk preachers. Who knows what may be down the next block, or what lies in store for Gigi at the end of the Walk?
| Director:
Jeff Drew (their other films)
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| Producer: Jeff Drew |
Genre: Animation |
| Country: USA |
Copyright Year: 2001 |
| Original Format: Digital |
Color Type: Color |
| Sound Type: Magnetic Stereo |
Length: 00:06:00 |
| Original Language: English |
Subtitle Language: None |
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“Walk” was an interesting film to work on, primarily because I didn't at first know I was making a film. I was taking animation classes at TVI, the local community college in Albuquerque. I had already made a short film called, "La La Land," which was the result of just learning my way around the animation software, Lightwave. The film has a nice look to it, but the animation was kept fairly simple – flying objects, animated camera, etc.
I wanted to learn to do more intricate character animation, so I set myself to the task of creating a character, and making him walk. At this point Edgar, the man, was born. I had been doodling in class one day with just a pencil on blue lined notebook paper, and came up with this paper doll idea of animating a character – separate head, torso, arms, etc. At this point I scanned the drawings into the computer and brought them into Lightwave.
I got Edgar walking and I thought it would be good if he had a dog. Enter Gigi. It kept going on in this manner. I continued drawing characters on blue lined notebook paper and giving myself new character animation challenges – a clown on a unicycle juggling, an old lady with a walker, a talking preacher character, break dancers, etc. With each new character I tried to up the ante, and before long I had a whole cast.
At this point I thought I should bring all these characters together, give them an environment to live in, and make some kind of short. That is how “Walk” came about. One thing that both films I have done, have in common, is they were both created out of the necessity to learn something new. No storyboards, no animatics, none of the processes that usually help aid a filmmaker make a film, but it was a fun and interesting way to work none-the-less. You can’t always have a plan, sometimes things just come together and happen, and when they happen in your favor, that’s a good thing.
Break Dance Choreographer - Vicente Garcia |
Music:
Powerhouse Pop by Kieth Mansfield |
Principal Cast:
Voice: Portia Sharp and Jeff Drew |
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