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ANIMATION WORKBOOK

I was such big fan of Noriko’s concept and animation and I was really impressed with the music as well.
The idea of retelling fairy tales opens up so many possibilities and I found myself jealous of the lvl 4 students whose assignment was reinterpreting the story in a western setting or a Sci-fi setting.

I wanted to do the same!

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The idea was to make a Saul Bass inspired title sequence using the same panel layout as Noriko’s animation. Consisting of someone climbing up the rope hair in the left panel and have the credits fall down in the right panel, synching with the hair. It is worth noting that Saul Bass did not animate the title sequence for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly but it is very much in the same spirit.

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Galaxy Express 999. 1978

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I really liked the idea of a space bus from the lvl 4 Science Fiction animation so I put a spin on that and made it a ‘galactic railroad’ so that it ties in with the western theme also.
My inspiration for the galactic railroad is a fantastic old Japanese anime series called Galaxy Express 999.

NIght at the Galactic Railroad. 1985

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There is also an amazing Anime film called Night at the Galactic Railroad, by Gisaburo Sugii,that I feel I must mention. It has a similar theme and is a film that have stayed with me long after watching it. Reading up on these just now I have found out they are both inspired by the same book. This film appears to also have inspired Hayao Miyazaki when making his masterpiece Spirited Away and the stunning train sequence toward the end.

Spritied Away. 2001

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Here is a glimpse into the process that went into making the finished title seqeuence. Please scroll the pictures where I demonstrate the many ideas I had.