still image from Early Birds
The film Early Birds can bee seen at animateprojects.org
An accompanying essay by Roy Exley
An interview with Suky Best on the making of early birds
Early Birds at the Natural History Museum
Installation of Early Birds at the Natural History Museum 2013 in Extinction, not the end of the world?
still image from Early Birds
A hand-drawn rotoscoped animation from wildlife footage, showing garden birds in silhouette against flat colour backgrounds that subtly change, signifying the coming of the dawn. Featuring interviews with people talking of their memories and experiences of the dawn chorus contrasted with their experience of it today. The soundtrack also features birdsong from common UK garden birds. The film is intended to make us look anew at a daily occurrence and the wild animals we encounter on a daily basis.
Technical information
Hand drawn frame by frame over existing documentary footage of garden birds. The drawings show only the birds in silhouette, all other detail is removed. Made in Photoshop and assembled in After Effects and Premiere software. The sound was made separately from live recordings, interviews and library recordings of bird song.
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Thanks for recomending my animation, I hope you like it when you get to see it.
Could you correct the spelling of my name, thanks
Suky