This is an award winning short film I came across when studying the fictional time period of steampunk for my concept design. The combination of 2D shadow puppet like characters with 3D complex detailed animation creates a totally unique effect. The majority of the scenes ,which involve the characters, are done by wayang (Indonesian shadow puppets) created from whatever flat materials could be found around the studio. These figures where then scanned into a computer, edited and animated on Photoshop. this technique was also used with various found objects layered over one another to produce the amazingly detailed set pieces. Scenes which consist of obvious three dimensional animations (the ships) are modeled in 3DS max, these are completely computer rendered, taking parts from ships , industry and natural materials to form magnificent fictional means of transportation.The two elements of animation are then brought together in another program know as combustion software then finalising details such as the smoke and cloud effects were rendered using Maya.
