In October 2010 I had a new picture book published. It’s called ‘When Titus Took the Train’ and it’s illustrated by the wonderful Sarah McIntyre who has created the best tyrannosaurus rex in I’ve ever seen. It’s a hold onto your seats ride with the ever adventurous Titus who will take you to places you never thought trains could go! The paperback version is published on the 7th of April.
But in the meantime, here is Titus, the Movie!!!
If you liked the movie, then maybe you’ll like the book. You can order one <<Here>>
You can also check Sarah’s blog, which is chock full of interesting stuff as well as her story of the making of the movie <<Here>>
For more fun with Titus check out the next page
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The making of Titus, the Movie
Although I’ve made lots of documentary films, I’d never made an animation. So what an opportunity – to get together with Sarah and make a little video. Neither of us really knew how to do it so we improvised. It was really good fun. Here are some pics we took of the day.
Me - setting up on the landing at 'The Fleece Station' where Sarah has a studio.
- Getting my camera ready
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Sarah prepared all the artwork. Can you spot the T-rex?
Sarah made lots of little tweaks. Here, she’s cutting a T-rex eyeball
Sarah adjusting Titus' specs
We used a piece of black velvet as a background and taped where the edges of the frame were.
Below – Titus with no eyes! Sarah made them so we could move them around. watch the movie again and see what we mean.
Titus with his trusty pencil! Read the book and you’ll see what adventures an sharp pencil can take you on.
Sarah making final adjustments.
- Although you can’t hear him in these pictures, the T-rex is pretty noisy and has no manners at all. You should hear his disgusting burp. Sarah and I had fun doing sound fx but neither of us could manage the loud burp you hear on the video. We had to get it from a sound fx library.
Here I am in Sarah’s studio putting all the pictures together on my laptop so we could edit them and put the sound on.
It was a long day!! But we went to Sarah’s favourite cafe called Panda Panda. Yummy! Sarah and I both showed up that day wearing red tops and grey trousers. We looked liked we were in uniform — Team Titus!
