Tortoise anecdotes
Imagine crawling a race with a tortoise and suddenly you realise how slow you are by seeing the tale of the tortoise disappear at the horizon, way in front of you. Yeah, you figure… that’s how it feels when I’m having a closer look at the production planning lately. Producing and financing a short film all by your own isn’t the quickest way to do a project which is known for being done as a team effort. So what’s the current state? Continue reading…
Where did September go?
I intended to publish a lot more often, especially at the beginning of the production. But the enormous workload keeps me from doing so – which is actually good, at least for the film. Though I’ll try to get more stuff online in the future! Anyway, quite a lot of things happened this September! Continue reading…
What happened lately…
Just a couple of hours ago I’ve finished the final animatic for The Lighthouse. And tomorrow I’ll be heading to London to meet up with some friends and for getting proper clay (Newplast is one of the best plasticines around) and some other supplies that I’ll need the following months… the U.K. is simply the place for getting supplies if you do stop motion. Continue reading…
Boarding
Storyboarding is always great. It’s just amazing to see how everything takes form on paper, transforming into the bigger picture of a film — it’s simply thinking with a pen. Continue reading…
The leaking pen
Well I’m very happy to say that the script for The Lighthouse is finally finished! Thus let me give you the synopsis – before starting off with the storyboard, creating more concrete images of how the story will finally look like; Continue reading…
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Trim Tab Pictures is an one-man animation studio run by designer and filmmaker Simon Scheiber.
Currently creating the studio's first animated short film ‘The Lighthouse’.
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