Kaos in King St is Lc Beats's latest hip hop/ graffiti CLAYMATION film.
In Kaos in King St, two graffiti artists are locked up for life after walking out of Newtowns' graffiti shop 567 King loaded with spray cans.
Featuring 3 of Sydney's prominent graffiti artists Teazer, Pnash and Phibs. Check out these examples of their work which have been produced recently:
Pnash
, and Phibs.
The film is a response to one of the N.S.W. Government's anti-graffiti law's, which enforces a penalty for any culprit caught in possession of a spray can. One can be accused of intending to commit graffiti vandalism.
Mick, the owner of Graffiti paint shop 567 King, has shown me support, as well as Tugi Balog from Graphic Art Mount Framing, who runs 'Mays', the exhibition mural space in Sydney's May Lane at St Peters.
I also have the support of Aussie spray paint suppliers
The process of the film, is single frame stopmotion. Take a photo move the character then take a photo, and so on..
I use a DV video camera which is connected to a computer to take the still frames.
The stop motion process is a long process but I guess that I've just got the patience.
All the characters are made out of plasticine with interior wire frames. They are around 12- 14 cm in height (4.5-5 inches). It takes me a couple of hours to put together a complete character. The face is the most difficult part, where it is important to pay attention to details. The hands only have four fingers because of proportion issues. I haven't yet experimented with other clays but I would like to, so I can compare the difference in moulding. At the moment I have 20 plasticine characters in the film but there is always room for more.
I haven't explored proper ways of creating movement so that the characters walk naturally, so my characters kind of just waddle side to side, but I like the way it looks. It gives like a stopmotion feel to it.
The stop motion process is a long process but I guess that I've just got the patience.
All the characters are made out of plasticine with interior wire frames. They are around 12- 14 cm in height (4.5-5 inches). It takes me a couple of hours to put together a complete character. The face is the most difficult part, where it is important to pay attention to details. The hands only have four fingers because of proportion issues. I haven't yet experimented with other clays but I would like to, so I can compare the difference in moulding. At the moment I have 20 plasticine characters in the film but there is always room for more.
I haven't explored proper ways of creating movement so that the characters walk naturally, so my characters kind of just waddle side to side, but I like the way it looks. It gives like a stopmotion feel to it.
To capture every individual movement involved in a simple walk is very time consuming. I haven't tried to make their lips move when they talk yet, but I'd like to experiment with that in the future.
The sets are mostly made out of foam core (Polystyrene which is sandwiched between thick paper), and a variety of plastics and metals. The trees and foliage are just small model replicas and aquarium seaweed and various bits and pieces.
I use small scale model cars. It's hard to find cars that are the right size in proportion to the characters. The ideal size for a car would be the size of a tissue box. Lucky enough I found several cars of the approximate size. I've got a police car, a pimped out metallic green hummer and three slick cars which all look cool on camera because of the attention to defined details.
In terms of music I an using to use one of my Beatbox tracks and some beats I've made on my sampler as well as one of my rap tracks . Morganics has allowed me to use his track JungleFunk off his album Hip hop is my passport.
The release for the film will hopefully be at the end of this year.
Keep your eye out for new photos and updates..
Trailer COMING SOON
