Check out the behind-the-scenes of the short film Idiosyncrasy: How to entertain an Idiot. | dG1fNG5TQktfOE9GY0E
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00:00Good morning, good afternoon, good evening. My name is Gabriel Santos Stato, I am a student of audiovisual production at Unive-Paraíso and screenwriter and producer of the short Idiosyncrasia, how to entertain an idiot.
00:15During the assembly of our group, we noticed a chemistry in our type of humor, a very unusual humor, and we decided to focus more on this humorous aspect, we decided to focus more on the development of skits.
00:41From this, we started to work with experimental humor skits and started to build a script. In addition, we have also chosen several types of media to work with, to increase the level of surrealism and experimentalism of our work.
00:56For us to feel a little more comfortable with the format of Stop Motion, some members chose to work with the format before, developed some short films to train movement, camera movement, character movement and that kind of thing.
01:13We have also made concept arts for the characters and for the scenarios, highlighting some details or even removing some so that we can work with the most exaggerated level possible to bring this strangeness, this level of nightmare that we wanted to cause in the viewer.
01:31A storyboard was also made, putting into practice our knowledge of composition, photography, in addition to some imagetic references of films and series that we had already seen. The sound studio of Unive Vergueiro was used to make the dubbing of the script that was already ready. We had already decided the actors, who would interpret who, and it was a very fun experience.
01:57It was also necessary to make some video references, to analyze in more detail some movements and to bring more fluidity, more realism, in these hours where there are skits more focused on the action of the characters.
02:15Well, the animation was the most difficult part of the whole production of this short film, mainly due to the difficulty of finding a place where we could record and the availability of everyone. It was difficult to find a day when everyone was available to get together and record.
02:34In addition to being a very time-consuming thing to do, animation is something that takes a long time, requires a lot of time, requires a lot of patience, a lot of calm. We stayed 10 hours, for example, to be able to animate a segment of 20 seconds.
02:52The animation techniques varied from stop-motion of clay, action figure, lego, live action, cut. To amalgamate the photos that were taken during the animation, we used the stop-motion studio. We used the Pro Package, which allowed us to import the videos, and we also used a Fujifilm X-A1 to make this short film.
03:19For the rest of the edition, we used practically only Adobe softwares. For example, we used Lightroom to be able to do the color correction, we used After Effects to remove the support of the characters, we also used Photoshop to be able to shape them, to bring a more cartoonish feeling, to bring a more fluid movement.
03:45We also used Adobe Premiere, where we did everything, where we treated the green screen, where we put music, sound effects, where we applied the cuts, where we put transitions, where we did the audio cleaning, and so on.
04:01In the end, it was a very rich and interesting experience, and in addition to having this contact with one of the most important formats in the history of animation, which is stop-motion, we were also able to do many other things.
04:15To put our knowledge into practice, to put our skills into practice, to fulfill specific roles, to experiment with ideas, dynamics, concepts, functions, and to experiment in the most abstract, strange, and most fun way possible. And then this weird short came out. Very cool, very fun to do. That's it. A kiss for those who watched.