Something Wonderous is Happening...In Shelley Noble's Halfland

Halfland is a world of very special creatures who will come to life in a story told by the creator of Halfland, "Shelley Noble". The process of creating Halfland has been a long and delightful journey of discoveries and sharing. An infectious delight to all who encounter it. Shelley is creating, in her living space, a movie set, 1/3 scale to human size. It will be a handcrafted stop motion animation film, that many are waiting to see. I encourage you to visit Shelley at: http://notesfromhalfland.blogspot.com/

Shelley shares her techniques of creating smaller miniatures, to the largest of props. Furniture, lamps, doors, puppets, landscaping etc. are figured out along the way, and she is generous in her sources, tips, tricks, and discoveries. She invites others to take part as well to design the under water characters. I have donated some landscaping materials myself, and am just tickled to be apart of the magic in a small way.

It does take over the loft like warehouse her and her husband live in, as a regular house just wouldn't be big enough. See more at http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestriderstopmotionpatrolofjoy/collections/72157612225423809/

There are four main characters; Rana, the goat woman weaver, Kyra the black mermaid, Tarn the crow woman, and Yanu the moth man hunter. There are others you will discover on her blog that are just too wonderful.

In creating stop motion, the set/actors will need to be moved a fraction at a time between frames. Special construction and planning are very time consuming to make it look real.

Speaking of "real" Shelley likes everything to be alive, and "apart" of something else,,,,HALF of something else.

The happy chair (above) is in Rana's cottage,,which is large enough for Shelley to sit cross legged in. There is a photo on her blog that shows her inside the walls working on the cottage. The photo below also shows the scale. I urge you to go to her blog and see many other treasures that will be in the Halfland film.

I do wonder, Shelley,,,,,what will you do with the set down the road??? Oh...I know,,keep the space, and move out, and build a larger Halfland community,,and make more movies! Of course !