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Valley of the Shadow: Stop Motion Animation

Valley of the Shadow was my first complete piece using stop motion animation . The short follows the misadventures of a pink alien and his three eyeballs. The entire movie was completed during spring break in my dorm living area. My roommate was gone for the weekend, and I transformed the living area into a mini-set. Using a large piece of plywood that was leftover from hurricane season, I used trick angles to make the small 3x4 seem like an entire alien universe. English: The animation disc with a clay animated chick. Intended as a free icon to represent Wikipedia's coverage of Stop motion. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Most of the materials were bought at the dollar store. The goop was this nasty $1 hair gel that nearly poisoned me with its noxious fumes. After nearly passing out, I realized that I had to use it on a limited basis and could not leave the jars unopened on my table! The trees are plastic spoons I burned on my stove, and the eyeballs are marbles covered in g...