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Show The Daily Utah Chronicle, Friday, January nt i9g6 Page Six Characters in animated film are made out of molded clay by Karen Romney Staff writer Halley's Comet in 1S85 when I was born, and I expert to go out with it." Heralding the return of Halley's Comet, "Mark Twain will star in an animated "I came in with film that features the art of molding e colored clay into figures. The Adventures of Mark Ttrain is an imaginative drama that marks the first claymation feature film ever produced and will be released on Jan. 17 in Salt Lake real-lif- Gty. Taking three and a half years to make, tale depicts the journey of the Twain, Huck Finn, Becky Thatcher and Tom Sawyer who set off in a preposterous 90-min- ute flying machine to intercept Halley's Comet. Claymation is just what it sounds like the animation of clay. The term was developed by VTill Vinton in the 1970s to describe the three-dimensio- -- or yoa can enjoy aeal on the Uof 0 Food Service. Get hooked qo ghrtng and yotill receive a FREE FREE llovic Ticke- t- university of utah BLOOD DONOR PROGRAM 581-268- 6 o FIRST FRESH FRESH BAKED PASTRIES OMELETTES FRESH FRUIT WAFFLES TROUT OR HALIBUT WITH EGGS AND MORE! 6:30-12:0- 0 1:30 A.M. NOON MARKET STREET BROILER 260 S. 1300 E. artists, I feel satisfied with the end product." (V ribs LEAN FAST. THE BROILER POWER BREAKFAST. SAT. miniature clay backgrounds. "Everything in the film is created out of clay,' said Mark Gustafson, an animator for the Will Vinton Productions, Inc. "The clouds were created by finger painting in clay." As a slow and painstaking technique, claymation requires 125 frames for each segment of finished film. The clay characters are sculptured then photographed one frame at a time in slightly different positions to depict protective when other crew members need to use them." Gustafson said a major part of claymation is remaking the figures as they wear out. "Altogether I made 40 to 50 Hucks the bodies are all over the studio." To begin character work, sketches of the figures are drawn on paper, the prototype is built in clay, then the armatures or metal skeletal systems are built and covered with clay. The film required more than two tons of clay, much of which is recycled. The mountains and large trees that are shown on the screen may internally be made of Twains and Hucks. old, worn-o- ut "Claymation is a tedious process," Gustafson said. "After work I often feel like destroying a house or going on a mad rampage an ything but carefully tweaking the car of a clay figure. But like many other for Chrony classifieds breakfast 6:30-- 1 animation of clay characters on become attached to them and feel Go Ape for information MON.-FR- I. on five-seco- nd Blood Draw Today, Jan. 17 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the U. of U. Law Building Moot Court Room Call stop-moti- nal character movement and facial expression. "The constant reshooting is the toughest pan of my job," Gustafson said. "It takes three days to get six seconds of film. "Fighting gravity is often a problem. The figures tend to fall over and drop the things they're holding." Gustafson was the primary animator of Huck Finn. "My job was to concentrate on his idiosyncrasies and contrast him with the other characters. The more you work on your characters, the more they begin to look like you. You 583-880- 8 TENDER JUICY HICKORY SMOKED BABY BACK RIBS. A FEAST "TO GO" FOR DINNERS, PARTIES, LUNCHES FULL RACK OF RIBS WITH PINT OF COLESLAW ONLY $6.95 PURCHASE AT MARKET COUNTER "TO GO" MARKET STREET BROILER 260 S. 1300 E. 583-880- 8 |
