Johnny the Giant Squid

About the Video

This video was the first from the reformed One Clone Company, which was created as a year-one animation assignment. The brief was simply a 'short animation', and due to any other ideas, I reused the idea of Johnny the Squid, changing the story a little to make it a more original concept.

This video was my first attempt at stop-motion animation, and was interesting experience. The Johnny used in this video was a plush replacement from his original self, and was much easier to use as a puppet due to a lighter weight and easier maneuverability. The transforming Johnny the Squids after the scientist drops the goop were made from pieces of sponge cut into different sized "Johnny" lookalikes with eyebrows drawn on and were filmed using replacement techniques. There were 12 Johnny lookalikes in total, and each of them featured!

The role of the scientist was filled by my sister who was roped into the role when nobody else would. She wore a delightful beard and rimmed glasses and everything was filmed in one afternoon. The voice of the scientist was recorded by myself and manipulated to sound squeaky.

DVD Cover

Here's the DVD cover for the Johnny the Giant Squid film! It was submitted in a standard DVD case with a plain disc.

Additional Technical Information

Recorded via: Direct camera stream
Original Recorded Format: .VPS files
Original Resolution: 4:3 standard
Original Frame Rate: 25fps
Original Audio Settings: 44100hz, 16bit mono / 44100, 16bit stereo

Edited In: Animate & Velocity
Edited File Exported As: RAW stream

Audio Used: Dimming Lights, Sudden Storm & Imperial Theme; All by Yutaka Minobe & Takayuki Maeda (from the Skies of Arcadia OST), some original sound effects
Audio Mixed With: Audacity

Re-Encoded For Web Distribution With: TMPGEnc
Final Length: 0:38 (including titles & credits)
Final File Exported As: MPEG2 file
Final Resolution: 640x480
Final Frame Rate: 25fps
Final Web File Size: 23.7mb (24,901,636 bytes)

File uploaded to: MySpaceTV's streaming media servers


	Johnny the Giant Squid Video hosting by MySpaceTV! About the Video This video was the first from the reformed One Clone Company, which was created as a year-one animation assignment. The brief was simply a 'short animation', and due to any other ideas, I reused the idea of Johnny the Squid, changing the story a little to make it a more original concept. This video was my first attempt at stop-motion animation, and was interesting experience. The Johnny used in this video was a plush replacement from his original self, and was much easier to use as a puppet due to a lighter weight and easier maneuverability. The transforming Johnny the Squids after the scientist drops the goop were made from pieces of sponge cut into different sized "Johnny" lookalikes with eyebrows drawn on and were filmed using replacement techniques. There were 12 Johnny lookalikes in total, and each of them featured! The role of the scientist was filled by my sister who was roped into the role when nobody else would. She wore a delightful beard and rimmed glasses and everything was filmed in one afternoon. The voice of the scientist was recorded by myself and manipulated to sound squeaky. DVD Cover Here's the DVD cover for the Johnny the Giant Squid film! It was submitted in a standard DVD case with a plain disc. Additional Technical Information Recorded via: Direct camera stream Original Recorded Format: .VPS files Original Resolution: 4:3 standard Original Frame Rate: 25fps Original Audio Settings: 44100hz, 16bit mono / 44100, 16bit stereo Edited In: Animate & Velocity Edited File Exported As: RAW stream Audio Used: Dimming Lights, Sudden Storm & Imperial Theme; All by Yutaka Minobe & Takayuki Maeda (from the Skies of Arcadia OST), some original sound effects Audio Mixed With: Audacity Re-Encoded For Web Distribution With: TMPGEnc Final Length: 0:38 (including titles & credits) Final File Exported As: MPEG2 file Final Resolution: 640x480 Final Frame Rate: 25fps Final Web File Size: 23.7mb (24,901,636 bytes) File uploaded to: MySpaceTV's streaming media servers