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The Foliascope team explain the complex process they used to create stop-motion feature No Dogs or Italians Allowed

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For upcoming animation No Dogs or Italians Allowed, one of the major challenges for the whole production was that of compositing the shots together. The film is made up of stop-motion, photography and live-action material, and bringing all of these elements together into a single, harmonious sequence required plenty of forward planning and careful thought throughout the process.

To give a feel for how complex the shots were in terms of sets and production, here is a brief breakdown. The live shots were made in Ughettera, Italy, with classic cameras and drones. We also created Alain’s workshop in Foliascope for other live shots.

The Hybrid shots create a link between Cesira, his grandmother (puppet), and Alain the narrator (live-action). Meanwhile, our stopmotion world was created using sugar, pumpkin, broccoli, coal, cotton and chestnut. The difficulty wasn’t just in the fact that there were a variety of different scenes to take into consideration, but that those scenes were made up of different cinematic disciplines and animation styles.