It's like the weirdest cardboard car show ever. (Patreon)

Hi Everyone!

It's been busy around here this week as we did our third set of camera/lighting tests at the XR stage for the Creatures XR video.

We brought all the components for the cardboard car to the soundstage.

The car is held together with velcro.  This means it can be disassembled for transport, but also gives it a little bit of give/wiggle room at the joints should we need to give it some cartoony stretch and lean if required during the shoot. 

This is the camera we will be using to film the video in a couple of weeks.  It is a broadcast camera that is mapped to the room and the stage.  This means if we move the camera around or zoom, the images built on the digital screen will track and morph in real time to maintain the 3D illusion to background.  

Here's the car on the stage. There's some test animation I drew of some speakers and a dancing robot.  These will be spinning around in a giant virtual zoetrope during the dance scene.

It took a little time to find the right kind of fabric paint but we've found one that works well on the suits! These are the colors of the 4 creature suits. They're based on the 4 main color tones of the album sides and EPs.  

We'll be hand painting the creatures in the next couple of weeks.  Can't wait to see them all done!

E