Whistle-Stop Thistle Trailer

Whistle-Stop Thistle Trailer from Jay Stelling on Vimeo.

Rachel suggested that I should do some more animation and I did really enjoy making the animations I did so I would LOVE to do more! Model-making for television/film is what I'm really interested in at the moment so it would be great experience and relevant work for my portfolio. I'd love to get more people involved, make some real music for a television proposal and get real animators to have a play with these puppets BUT time is running short! Really short.

I go to the BBC next week so that's a whole week out before the deadline. Unfortunately I don't have time to make any more animations, but the idea of making a trailer/sting for my book caught my attention so much that I used WHAT I ALREADY HAD to make something that resembles a book trailer... I used a clip of stop-motion I'd tried out earlier and then used After Effects to pan across the huge image of Whistle-Stop Thistle.

What works well:
Offers readers an engaging and dynamic view of Whistle-Stop Thistle.
Brings the world to life
Extends the 'brand'

With more time:
The panning scene could have had small elements of animation happening within it (blinking, waving, walking)
Interactive element for Whistle-Stop Thistle (online game, website, app - I could still propose these)
Pitch for a children's TV Series
Pitch for a series of books (more stories in the same format)
Whistle-stop products/merchandise