Nightmare Puppet Theatre

Animation & Projection Mapping

For this project, we had to create an animation to be projected onto an object. I want my project to have a traditional oriental theme, using traditional decorative design elements and subjects, all displayed using mechanical devices. It should also have slow-burn and macabre feeling, as the camera guide the viewer through the different layers of this ‘machine’.

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Development Work

Sketches

I made some sketches of how I wanted the scene to look and tested out some ideas and transitions. My goal was to play around with the little space that we had and create an illusion of depth and layer using perspective.

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Storyboard

Projection Tests

For the final result, we had to project our animation on the designated space and see if it matches and if everything was in the frame.

So here is what the animation looks like when projected.