THIS IS DESMONDO RAY!
Originally starting life as the 3-minute animated short The Video Dating Tape of Desmondo Ray, Aged 33 & ¾ back in 2013, director Steve Baker was compelled to tell more stories about his lovesick protagonist after the “incredible response” that initial film received. With that initial short going on to play SXSW, Flickerfest and clocking up over 200k views on Vimeo, Baker has now expanded the narrative of Desmondo to a 6-part web-series (including that original short repackaged as a ‘Prelude’) that sees his rotund hero embark on an epic quest in the search of love
With Baker admitting that he finds himself “compelled to tell stories about outsiders constantly searching for their place in a wild and mixed-up world”, it’s easy to see why the filmmaker returned to the world of Desmondo Ray. Revealing that he decided to make his protagonist’s next adventures episodic, as he wanted to “create a series that hopefully feels different to a lot of other series”, Baker has certainly ramped up his production with this sextet of new shorts.
After a meticulous storyboarding process and a 6-day live-action shoot, Baker and his team turned their attention to animating Desmondo. Created in Flash and then inserted into the live-action footage in After Effects, before going back and forth between the two platforms until Desmond looked at home in the filmed scenes.
“I’d love to explore this character in a more expansive platform like TV
Now keen to make his first feature, with a script almost ready to start pitching around to gauge interest, Baker is still curious to see if there’s anymore life in the world of Desmondo Ray. “I’d love to explore this character in a more expansive platform like TV” he says, “If there’s a demand to see more”.
I know we’d happily spend a bit more romantic time with cuddly Desmondo
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tháng 10 14, 2017
