Framestore · Mechanical rig for the ship
The Caravan Trilogy
The Caravan Trilogy is three short films by director Andrew Gunn, linked by an abandoned caravan in a forest. At Framestore, I rigged the flying ship from concepts by Ian Spendloff, with IK handles for the arms and follow systems so the mechanical parts could move on their own. The simple rig took about a day and was used for the final renders.
- Studio
- Framestore
- Role
- Mechanical rig for the ship
- Year
- 2013
The challenge
The Caravan Trilogy is three short films by director Andrew Gunn, linked by an abandoned caravan hidden in a dense forest. The films mix dark emotion, menace and dystopian science fiction. The third film features a flying ship, which needed a rig so it could be animated and rendered.
What I did
Ian Spendloff at Framestore drew the concepts for the ship, and the model followed soon after. I then rigged it:
- IK handles for the arms.
- A set of follow systems for the mechanical components, so the body could move on its own when a shot needed it.
The rig was deliberately simple and took around a day to build.
The outcome
The ship rig was used for the final renders in the third film, shown in the stills here.
