Sequence of animated intermissions
for short feature film "Joker" (2016)
after Anton Chekhov novels.
Art Director.............Sergey Vasilev
Painting Artist.......Fedor Vedernikov
Animation.............Sergey Vasilev
Nikolay Rybakov
Klim Nikolaev
Logo..................Yulia Volkova
Music...................Vyacheslav Tkach
Sound design.........Sergey Vlasov
Creative producers.......Alexandr Kaurikh
Sergey Okhotin
These shots are 100% CGI except characters plates.
My friend Fedor Vedernikov painted watercolor
characters and other props. So we've got old-fashioned
atmosphere of hand-drawn cards, engraves
and automatons.
The main concept based on
Fairground Machine-theatre boxes, which were popular
in XIX century in Russia and Europe.
In this mechanical performance
you can find known Chekhov's characters,
such as Lady with the Dog.
We decided to recreate zoetrope effect:
And some screenshots of work in progress:
