{"id":115,"date":"2008-09-09T18:24:03","date_gmt":"2008-09-10T01:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dougandruth.com\/blog\/?p=115"},"modified":"2009-02-27T15:51:50","modified_gmt":"2009-02-27T22:51:50","slug":"talking-birds-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/localhost\/blog\/talking-birds-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Birds, Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have this idea:<\/p>\n

Two birds sit atop a gravestone and talk to one another with a kind of gallows humor. There’s a subtlety to this I like. If done properly the birds, ravens, should look fairly real. In telling jokes they should be able to react one another. After all, “Acting is reacting.”<\/p>\n

I guess this is really the point. The only reason to use animated figures (as opposed to human actors) is to present a figure that a person can’t accurately portray. Okay, there are other reasons like cost or repeatability, but for non-commercial use, if I could fit inside a bird suit and convince anyone I could fly, I would. Likewise I do not make a good Jack Skeleton or Great Pumpkin. Maybe the Great Pumpkin is doable.<\/p>\n

Anyway, the birds should give the spooky decorated front yard a certain feel<\/em>. Clearly the birds are not going to scare anyone. I just want them to seem a bit afraid. Maybe, in turn, passers by will also feel afraid. It’s a theory.<\/p>\n

Here are some parts:<\/p>\n \n\t\t