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Synopsis: An evil aliën is very hostile towards everyone on his planet. One day an intergalactic explorer doesn’t scare away that easily. This animation was made for a yearly art festival in my hometown Maastricht (kunsttour.com). Showing all my old stuff wasn’t an option. So I started building a set and tried to come up with a story with two characters and a lot of violence : ) Filming took six full days in a period of three weeks. I only had the chance to animate when I had a day off from work. But sculpting, storyboarding and setting up scenes where done every evening. A very talented Dutch musician (dob Audio) gave me the opportunity to use his music. Hope you all like it!! No clay was harmed during the production of this animation : ) ————————————————————- Here some more details for other filmmakers and people who are interested: The set was build with a soft wooden floor, styrofoam, montage kit, paint and a little fake plant. The total cost of the production was about € 100,- The frame rate is mostly 12 fps, but some parts where increased up to 24 fps. Exactly 2532 pictures where taken to complete the animation. The UFO part was shot real time with wires. But you probably saw that already (wires are clearly visible). All movements of the little blob character where done with replacements. Meaning that every frame has another ready sculpted replacement character. Almost 100 replacements where sculpted for all the blobs …