The GSU Comes Alive in Our Special Animated Holiday Video
The GSU Comes Alive in Our Special Animated Holiday Video
The GSU Comes Alive in Our Special Animated Holiday Video
To celebrate two favorites, semester’s end and the holidays’ arrival, BU Today has come up with a whimsical video imagining what it would be like if various inanimate objects were to converge on the GSU at the stroke of midnight for a holiday party.
The brainchild of BU Productions producer and editor Bill Politis and motion graphics and video producer Carlos Soler, the video, which took three weeks of intensive work to pull off, combines stop-motion animation and traditional animation. To create the stop-motion animation, dozens of photos were taken for each shot and each object had to be moved slightly from image to image.
Once all the stop-motion shots were done, Soler digitally created each character’s eyes, hands, and expressions.
The original score for the video was written and performed by a BU jazz quartet: Dustin Haigler (CFA’19), Jesse Colford (CFA’18), Salvatore Meblin (CAS’21), and Andrew Faria (CAS’19).
The GSU had to be empty when the video was shot, so it was done overnight over the course of a week, with the assistance of BU’s Facilities Management & Operations staff. (A special shout-out to GSU custodian Eddie Almeida, who appears in the video.)
The rest of the film’s work was done in the BU Productions studio at 985 Comm Ave, where Politis and Soler set up a green screen and painstakingly animated each character, frame by frame. This was the most complex part of the process since each character needed to move in its own special way. They then composited the characters into the footage shot at the GSU and added the jazz quartet’s music to complete the film.
We hope you enjoy this festive piece. Happy Holidays!
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