<the
quadruped was one of my favourite characters, immense
fun to draw and a real challenge to animate.../>
<a
major subtext of the film is the framing of the pictures of the park in centre
screen surrrounded by a black black border. On a purely practical level this
was to ensure the animation read well against the naturalistic background. On
a creative level, the framing also allowed for a whole range visual puns and
associations including pictures hanging in art galleries, photos in albums,
even the projection of the film itself in a darkened cinema. Sometimes the characters
emerge from the landscape and break free into the surrounding space. Other times
as here, they ride across the whole screen, breaking the illusion of looking
through a window into another world.../>
<the
larger version was too big to backpaint by conventional means so the infill
had to be created using cut paper.../>
two
horsed chariot and drivers
Greek Mycenaean 1250 BC
<quadruped
was animated progressively rather than being inbetweened, which creates a more
energetic, loose style of movement.../>
