The Nutcracker Zoetrope

This blog shows the production of an 3D zoetrope installation by Tim Wheatley for The Riverhouse Barn. www.timwheatley.co.uk www.riverhousebarn.co.uk

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A few photos from around the exhibition,which runs until January 8th 2017. Below is the film I made with is exhibiting alongside the zoetrope  

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The Nutcracker Zoetrope

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Today we are setting up #TheNutcrackerZoetrope at @riverhousebarn

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The exhibition opens this Wednesday at Riverhouse Barn Arts Centre and the film will be released online this week.

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I am working on the final edit of the film.

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Filming part 1

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The Build.

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This is a much better test of the top layer of the zoetrope

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First Zoetrope test using a rubbish blury camera.

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This evening I have been finishing off the second layer,

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Just a quick text of the ballerina before I stick her to the zoetrope

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The top layer of the zoetrope will be a line of rats jumping between piles of Christmas presents.

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The second layer on the Zoetrope will be ballet dancers.

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Each nutcracker has been glued in place with a foam board support.

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Ed has build this gear box, which is going to turn the bike wheel.

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After cutting each nutcracker out I slotted them onto the base.

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First animation test of cut out characters.