JOJO IN THE STARS

marc craste's jojo in the stars from joão ramos on Vimeo.

This is an animation that has always been close to my heart. It's written & directed by Marc Craste. I was shown it in college a few years ago by the art technician Joe. It won a BAFTA in 2004 for best animation. I like how dark and sad everything is and still it's a love story...The reason it's cropped up in my research is that I'm trying to create the sky at night - with stars etc for my Laika animation. I may have a go at creating a similar sky to the one used in this animation as it's got that hand-made look rather than it being digital. It is just a shine effect that you could do using after effects though...



Although Jojo in the stars used to be one of my favourite things to watch - now i'm not really keen on the characters and some of the shots, it all looks a little bit computer game style. it's just the difference of interest from 5 years ago to now. There are some really stunning shots in the whole thing that stand out and make me just think "wow" but then the close ups just look quite a bit CGI looking. not keen.

Since then Craste is responsible for the Lloyds TSB animation ads (HOH HOH HOH HOH HEEHOH HOH HOH... with the big noses)



aww...