Abstract

Tooth Farmer is a 2-minute hybrid animated short film combining stop-motion puppetry with a 3D environment. Tooth Farmer is a vital story as it was developed over four years and getting closer to the artist's goal of creating a successful stop-motion armature puppet that is durable for an entire stop-motion short. The story is a different take on the Tooth Fairy mythology that varies from culture to culture. This story offers an alternative to the world of the Tooth Fairy folklore. In Tooth Farmer, a little mouse lives inside a person's mouth to help maintain tooth hygiene. The film focuses on unique character designs with environmental concepts resembling a person's mouth. Armatures from the company LAIKA and Aardman Studios heavily inspired the explorations of stop-motion puppetry. Using the Elegoo Mars Pro 2 and Standard Photopolymer Resin to create 3D printed heads with 23 facial expressions for the main character was a huge goal and purpose for creating this animated short film. Delving deep into research for building a physical armature for a stop-motion puppet and compositing a 3D render scene was a challenge with harmonizing the design of physical objects with digital scenes. The paper documents the processes used in creating a hybrid film. It explains what the artist did, what the artist should have done, and what the artist can improve in the future.

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Graduation Date

2023

Semester

Spring

Advisor

Briggs, Cheryl

Degree

Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)

College

College of Arts and Humanities

Department

School of Visual Arts and Design

Degree Program

Emerging Media; Animation and Visual Effects Track

Format

application/pdf

Identifier

CFE0009554; DP0027563

URL

https://purls.library.ucf.edu/go/DP0027563

Language

English

Release Date

5-15-2023

Length of Campus-only Access

None

Access Status

Masters Thesis (Open Access)

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