加拿大 Canada│2007│00:17:16 │定格動畫、數位特效 Stop motion animation with digital effects
關於作品 / Work
Tutli-Putli女士登上了夜車，當天色逐漸黯淡時，她對於這場令人沮喪的心理冒險感到孤單，游離於現實與幻想世界之間，她被捲入充滿神祕懸疑的漩渦……。
加拿大國家電影局推出這部精緻定格動畫電影，帶領觀眾走入這段華麗看似存在的旅程。作品引入開創的視覺特效技術，搭配扣人心弦的原創配樂，精雕細琢的工藝技法活現一個充滿情感與想像的逼真世界－夜車正在月台上等著你！
Madame Tutli-Putli boards the night train. As day descends into dark, she finds herself alone, caught up in a desperate metaphysical adventure. A drift between real and imagined worlds, Madame Tutli-Putli is drawn into an undertow of mystery and suspense.
The NFB (National Film Board of Canada) presents a stunning, stop-motion animated film that takes the viewer on an exhilarating existential journey. It introduces groundbreaking visual techniques and is supported by haunting and original score. Painstaking care and craftsmanship in form and detail bring to life a fully imagined, tactile world unlike any you have seen. The night train awaits you.
策展人選件 / From Curators
在越趨於使用數位技術成像追求「擬真」時，於動畫人物的創造過程中，因為眼神、表情掌握不當等原因，造成角色似人非人的「恐怖谷現象」（Uncanny valley）時常會困擾著創作者。〈夜車驚魂記〉以自行研發的動態追蹤方式，經真實演員表演後將其眼睛直接合成、移植在已拍攝完畢的停格動畫影片中。獨特地運用了數位技術，不但免除了無生氣的人偶般的空洞表現，更使角色在情緒的演出更為生動。
In the chase of “simulation” by digital technique imaging, the “uncanny valley” effect usually bothers the artists. This effect makes the character humanoid whose eyes or expression is inadequately controlled. By using bespoke motion-tracking, and then composing and transplantation actors’ eyes of their performance into film stop-motion animation, “Madame Tutli-Putli” not only avoids representing lifeless hollow puppets but mostly vivid the characters’ emotion by unique digital techniques.
藝術家 / Artist : Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski
Chris Lavis和Maciek Szcerbowski於2007年完成第一部電影〈夜車驚魂記〉（加拿大國家電影局製片）。除了電影製片者，Chris及Maciek也是動畫家、雕刻家、拼貼藝術家、劇作家及藝術總監。
1997年他們在加拿大蒙特婁成立電影製片公司Clyde Henry Productions，專長定格動畫及視覺特效，其插畫、音樂MV、片頭動畫等作品，獲頒獎項廣受好評，並在《Vice》雜誌發表連環漫畫作品〈Yuri Gagarin沒說的傳奇〉引起風潮。www.nfb.ca/film/madame_tutli_putli_en
Chris Lavis and Maciek Szcerbowski have recently completed their first professional film, “Madame Tutli-Putli”, produced by the National Film Board of Canada. In addition to their role as filmmakers, Chris and Maciek wear many hats-as animators, sculptor, collage artists, screenplay writers, and art directors.
In 1997 they founded Clyde Henry Productions, a Montreal-based film and production company specializing in multimedia, stop-motion animation and visual effects. They have received acclaim for their award-winning illustrations, music videos and broadcast design, and provoked a cult following for “The Untold Tales of Yuri Gagarin”, a serial comic strip published in Vice magazine.www.nfb.ca/film/madame_tutli_putli_en
