Final Work Reel

The Fair: Process Reel from Casey Follen on Vimeo.

Just Editing now!!!

Set Stills

So Much Popcorn

The Final Stretch

Just putting all the pieces together now... just set dressing and additional scenics to go. Yay finals!

Beach Tent Shooting Day!

Richard Roy helped me light and film the opening and closing set the The Fair film. The shot was pretty tricky—a dolly move and a track focus. For the final composite, I'll be adding a layer of lightly falling snow in After Effects.

Lamps

I found some great little glass bulbs at a dollhouse making store. From there I did some simple wiring, painted some straws, and built up the features with black ribbon.

Winter Beach Set

There will be two sets for The Fair. The first is a tent on a snowy beach. The set is very minimal and is nearly ready to shoot!

Plaster Foundation

The 'wiring' is done

All the Zap A Gap. All the fingers.

Foam Caving Party at 555 Gallery!

All painted and ready to go... Only melted the foam once (live and learn, right?)

A little sanding goes a long way.

Who knew curry combs were for more than horses?

Ellen and I playing in the foam room!

I made some new friends, Ying and Yang!

Record Player Rig!!

234 dipped lights!!!

Backdrop Update

Carousel Zoetrope Horses. Take 5.

Updated Work Reel

Backdrop Underpainting

Carousel Progress 4

Lightbulbs or Hot Air Balloons?

Cutting lightbulbs with string and fire to make the foundation for hot air balloons:

Horses. Take Three.

These horses are nearly finished… finally.

Canvas stretching and gesso

Let's build a VERY large canvas

The backdrop for this project is about 10'/4' and that means I need to learn to build my own canvas:

Ellen showing scale. This thing is huge!!!

Nearly finished painting the horses

Horses… again.

getting there!

Horses Test. One of many more.

I'm getting there, but the back legs still need a lot of work. It is a lot tougher to get the breakup with so much more material in the hind quarters. )

The Gait from Richard Williams

It's a Great Day when Horses Neigh!

Hazzah! I've finally figured out the process for casting the horses for the carousel.

Originally, the goal was to make a silicone mold of a horse that I sculpted, and then cast a silicone horse (with an armature inside) within that mold. From there, the plan was to make 12 molds of the silicone horse in the 12 positions of the zoetrope... but... making the silicone horse with the armature was A LOT more challenging than anticipated.

The silicone was too dense before it cured to get into all of the fine details of the mold—especially the legs of the horse. Once cured the silicone was not dense enough and even the most flexible armatures were tearing through. I began looking for a new material to cast in.

The solution that I have found is casting the horses in a two part urethane plastic with an armature. Although the product is fairly brittle, I am able to heat the plastic after curing and bend the legs into position. The armature holds the legs together where any cracks form, and I fill the cracks with Magic Sculpt (a resin with hardens overnight). This technique makes it so that I do not have to make an additional 12 molds and casts!

I have also started testing options for the paint pallet: