The Process of Creating Snake in the Grass
For my Experimental Video project, I decided to create a short film with the idea of it having different animation styles on top of live footage, as well as having no dialogue, but all the sounds and music were created by me. I decided to call the short film Snake in the Grass, as not only was it because the film featured a literal snake around some grass, but because it is also a metaphor that means “someone you heavily dislike because they pretend to be your friend, but they eventually betray you”. The story was inspired by a very early Pixar short film, The Adventures of André and Wally B , which was about a character named André who wants to rest in the forest before being awakened by a bee named Wally B. André tricks Wally B, runs away, Wally B gets miffed and hi jinx ensues. Although it’s not very strong in terms of story, it's efficient as an inspiration. At first, the idea of me working on an animated project sounded like a tedious one, seeing as I had to not only create 2D
