We finally finished the village for our short film.
This took about 5 weeks in total.
There are still a few more things to do but the final touch up needs to happen in Baltimore.
* There is a way to fold all this and turn into a smaller package. Another blog post to come…
Let me show you some details.
Here are some shops that have the most screen time.
Bike shop
Fish market
Close up of fish market
Clothes shop
Groceries
Close up of veggies
In the alley way is a night club “De Nacht” which exists in Tilburg.
This is for Dexter fans out there…
Quilt shop. Also exists in Tilburg called Quilt it & Dotty.
It’s a lovely shop that inspired the bakery.
Close up… 95% of the fabric was purchased there. Everything there is so cute and lovely.
Here are some pictures of us working.
Our great friend, Will Krause came to Tilburg for a few days and he helped us out making some bikes and bike parts.
Let’s walk through “behind the scene” of the construction.
Phase 1
April 23 (mon) to May 7 (mon)
One side of the village. The construction and color scheme were figured out.
Phase 2
May 14 (mon) to May 22 ( tues)
The other side of the village.
Phase 3
July 8 (sun) to July 22 (sun)
All the details were added here. It’s the most fun part of the set building!
PREPARATION
It’s important to keep all the pieces organized!
More organize = efficient = speed = EVERYTHING IS DONE!
In order to “age” the village, we experimented with “used coffee”. Luckily everybody at NIAF drinks coffee all the time that I had unlimited supply of used coffee.
I love how it smells good, looks great, and cheap.
Roof and tiled floors were super tedious.
I cut up so many little pieces then they were assembled back into a big piece again.
9:17 am on July 23rd, 2012
Thanks GUYS for your blog..WOW!! wow this an incredible art. I would love to stand right next to you to see you do it and film it WOW
peace
Enid
10:03 am on July 23rd, 2012
Enid> Thank you! I must say that it may not be so fun to watch me work since I work in complete silence and I’m usually covered in wood dust / coffee… occasionally blood from cutting my fingers.
10:04 am on July 23rd, 2012
Thanks so much for sharing your work in process with us! t looks fantastic!
Bianca
11:20 am on July 23rd, 2012
UAUU
beautiful!
11:49 am on July 23rd, 2012
pfff crazy zork, incredible details, amazing textures…this….is impossible lol
i cant believe someone is doing an incredible work like that….its just a dream…
“Keep the energy”
2:08 pm on July 23rd, 2012
Wow, this is so wonderful!! What a great job you did. Dorry’s Quilt shop is lovely with all her fabric in it!
2:47 pm on July 23rd, 2012
Bianca, Renato & Leo> Thanks for such nice comments. I feel such a nice supportive energy!
Inge> Dorry’s Quilt shop is my favorite in Tilburg. I had to make a shop dedicated to her! And I must return there to get more and more fabric.
3:52 pm on July 23rd, 2012
Wow, you must have spent so many hours building this village! It looks wonderful! I can see why Dorry is so proud to have her shop in your tiny village. Looking forward to see more of this.
2:45 am on July 24th, 2012
Simone> Thank you! I spent about 5 weeks in total. It’s the main set of the film so I needed spend time and attention.
12:21 am on July 27th, 2012
OMG this is all soooo amazing. you guys left already, right? i want to come and help you build things.
2:32 am on July 27th, 2012
Hey Jake! No we haven’t left yet. Still got about 10 days to go…. so we’ve been packing and packing. Please come! It’ll be fun to build or animate together!!!
4:20 am on July 28th, 2012
Increible Ru, so glad to see you and Max at it again. This is inspiring me to take my stories to the next level. 3D!
7:56 am on July 28th, 2012
Robert> Thanks! Yeah, 3D! It’s been challenging but we’re really having fun.
5:26 pm on July 31st, 2012
Hi
I look forward to watch your new movie, when it´s finished. Can´t understand how you could make that whole scenery in just 5 weeks? It´s awesome! Good luck – and thx for sharing all your work and stuff. It´s so interesting to see how it´s all done!
ALl the best
Morten, Denmark
2:05 am on August 1st, 2012
Morten> Thank you! I hope we can continue to share more pictures during the production. (Because we won’t be done with our film for another year…)
8:11 am on August 6th, 2012
Too bad you’re leaving. I could feel the creativity up here in Groningen. Also thanks for the insights. I’m still hoping to find/create a 3D project – physical and CGI – to do sometime soon.
6:29 am on August 19th, 2012
that’s awesome! thank you for sharing