Crow Maiden: A Staged Reading
twit
The bluebird leader tells the flock to only flap their left wing and the redbird leader tells the flock to only flap their right wing; then, a bluebird and a redbird meet.
Music: Julia Estrada & Roy Taylor
Voices: Julia Estrada
Design & Direction: Roy Taylor
Roy Taylor – Multiplane Animator
A friend and fellow animator, John Akre, shot and edit this little documentary while I worked on my latest little flick, twit. It features actor/vocalist Julia Estrada, (Hamilton, on Broadway and tour) and our collaboration on the soundtrack.
Wildfires
— In a fiery dream a shape shifting fox and a night watchman spark the transformation of a power company.
A Tale of Crows
Designed & Directed by Roy Taylor
Music: Stephen Barber
Wind Improvisations: Bob Malach, recorded by Ray Aldaco at Shelter Island Sound, NYC
Surround Mix: Lyman Hardy at Stuck On On, Austin, TX
Voices: Patty Griffin, Melissa Vogt, Matt the Electrician, Michael Fracasso, Roy Taylor & Michelle Alany with Amilia K. Spicer, Erika Maassen.
poo
An origin / apocalypse tale.
When a crow becomes colorful the world goes to… poo.
Designed & Directed by Roy Taylor
Music by Stephen Barber, Mauro Refosco & Bobby Malach
Ohio – Patty Griffin
This music video was my first work with the paper-cut technique I use in animation. Only a small portion was animation, much of the movement was done mechanically. Special effects where the performers are integrated into the paper miniatures were done in-camera using the Shufftan technique developed for the 1927 Fritz Lang film Metropolis.