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Forums - Bricks in Motion » Other Films » DE WANNA WANGA - A Star Wars Stop Motion Animated Short Film
A stormtrooper's boring shift takes a turn for the worst...or does it?
Made using a tremendously rigid Hasbro 3 3/4-inch figurine and a few sheets of plywood.
This is the first film I've ever seen of yours. I'm somewhat ashamed to say the reason I clicked is because "De wanna wanga" is probably one of the most iconic lines in Star Wars. Anyhow, you're animation is very impressive, especially at a scale that large. The head movements and twists of the wrists were very well done. On a subtle scale as well. I thought the casual shooting at the cube was very humorous and well done.
One gripe I did have was that I thought the shot of the walk from the waist above seemed a bit cartoony. Which isn't inherently bad, but it didn't seem to flow with the rest of the videos style.
This is the first film I've ever seen of yours. I'm somewhat ashamed to say the reason I clicked is because "De wanna wanga" is probably one of the most iconic lines in Star Wars. Anyhow, you're animation is very impressive, especially at a scale that large. The head movements and twists of the wrists were very well done. On a subtle scale as well. I thought the casual shooting at the cube was very humorous and well done.
One gripe I did have was that I thought the shot of the walk from the waist above seemed a bit cartoony. Which isn't inherently bad, but it didn't seem to flow with the rest of the videos style.
Haha! The whole idea of this short was based off a friend of mine's humourous take on the Star Wars EU, in particular the insane amount of YouTube video theories that cover such content. He thought Bib Fortuna was such a laugh, and so the simple phrase "De wanna wanga" became an inside joke, which later (over a year to be exact) turned into this.
100% agree with your critique of the walking shot. The reason for this was because of how much limited movement these action-figures have, so to simply make it walk in a normal sense seemed to be a mission and a half to accomplish, and I did try but it just did not look right. The end result was always going to look off, but I wanted to counteract it as best I could by trying to make the movements in other areas of the take as smooth as possible.
Thanks for the reply Blandeer, really appreciate it!
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