"Soup" is a claymation series made for the kids'
show What Now on TVNZ.
I really loved "Trapdoor," the 80's claymation from Britain. I tried very hard to avoid making Soup resemble Trapdoor, but I couldn't help it. They really set a benchmark for making a low-budget claymation. The big eyes on top of the head, the easy-going approach to hideous rampaging monsters, the multitude of small scuttling things: all these were things I... borrowed. One day I'll have to give them back.
Why aren't more people making claymation? Because it takes so long I guess. It seemed like a natural choice for me though since I have no experience in other forms of animation. Its still quicker than cel-animation. At least you don't have to create a new model for every frame of animation.
Want a tape? I can make a dub of all 30 episodes and send it to you if you live in New Zealand for oh, let's say $30?
Send me a cheque and your return address and its all yours. I'm at:
Jamie Canard
299 Riccarton Rd
Christchurch.
email me at: fakeproductions@paradise.net.nz
I really loved "Trapdoor," the 80's claymation from Britain. I tried very hard to avoid making Soup resemble Trapdoor, but I couldn't help it. They really set a benchmark for making a low-budget claymation. The big eyes on top of the head, the easy-going approach to hideous rampaging monsters, the multitude of small scuttling things: all these were things I... borrowed. One day I'll have to give them back.
Why aren't more people making claymation? Because it takes so long I guess. It seemed like a natural choice for me though since I have no experience in other forms of animation. Its still quicker than cel-animation. At least you don't have to create a new model for every frame of animation.
Want a tape? I can make a dub of all 30 episodes and send it to you if you live in New Zealand for oh, let's say $30?
Send me a cheque and your return address and its all yours. I'm at:
Jamie Canard
299 Riccarton Rd
Christchurch.
email me at: fakeproductions@paradise.net.nz
| This was the first set I made. Note the wires trailing
off underneath it. These hooked the "strobe" (that small blue thing) up
to a 10 volt battery. Insubbordinate creatures found out the hard way not
to mess with the director. |
| The Grizzlefish set was a big-un. The cheapo plasticine
I used for the mud was a royal bugger to place since it was so hard (especially
in winter). It took me way too long to discover the benefits of heating
the stuff up in the microwave. |
| Thanks to Hayao Miyazaki's "Nausicaa of The Valley
of Wind" for inspiring those big blue fungi things. |
The frist series was on sale for a little while in Whitcoulls.
I think my Mum bought 3 copies.
I think my Mum bought 3 copies.
| Following the first series, kids requested more
violence. Here Roger administers a whack to the head of a large monster
in "A Daring Plan." |
| The other end of the Grizzlefish Pond. |
| Roger owns a book containing knowledge of swamplife.
His hand for these shots was bigger than mine. |