Blue Shadows on the Trail

Another Art Class example, this one of using silhouettes, positive and negative space, and layers of space, all with cut colored paper. 

The inspiration for this project was seeing the Multiplane Camera Walt Disney developed for "The Old Mill" and then later used in features like "Snow White" on display at Disney World a couple of years ago. The idea was that animation lacked depth because the camera could on pan and tilt but not move through the scene along the z axis. The Multiplane Camera broke the background down into multiple layers of space which were then physically separated into racks whose proximity to the camera could be adjusted to give a moving camera effect because though each element was flat they now had genuine physical space on a z axis that could be adjusted.

In the project we create a z axis by separating the layers with pieces of foam board and hot glue (which I haven't done here actually- I just left it as layers of colored paper).

I've done this project for two years now but this is the first time I tried making one myself.