Self-Checkout
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Self checkout is an entirely hand drawn animation. Each character or moving component in the animation was hand drawn frame by frame on separate pieces of paper from the backgrounds as well as separate pieces of paper from each other. Each element was drawn with markers on white paper and photographed using Dragon Frame. I then put each JPG into Adobe Photoshop, took out the white backgrounds, and placed these isolated images onto the illustrated backgrounds. This way, the characters and screens have a buzzing movement but the backgrounds remain stagnant. The layering, timing, and removal of backgrounds was done in Photoshop. The addition of my voice and other sounds along with any further editing was done in Premiere Pro.
background 1 - establishing the location
background 2 - employee counter
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background 3 - multiple self-checkout machines
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background 4 - main area of store
background 5 - two machine view
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background 6 - up close self-checkout machine
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background 7 - up close payment
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