Animation!

The first 18 seconds of footage have been shot! The zoom into Gertrude's room is 12 seconds long and is the video to accompany the musical intro to the first song. In Gertrude's room, she's starting her morning, adjusting her bow in the mirror and singing "Dee doooooooo, dee dooooooooooo, dee doooooo, do do do doooooo..." I hope you can see the video clips. They are unedited and without sound. Using the mirror proved to be quite challenging and I am visible in some shots. Those shots will of course have to be edited. I have played the clip along with the music on my computer and it lines up very well but there's absolutely no way that would have happened without Magpie Pro! That software was SO worth it!

Gertrude's Room and Jungle House!

Gertrude's room and jungle house were made primarily from foam board, fabric, cardboard, cling wrap, fake flowers, and oven-bake clay. Her house is meant to be a strange-looking tree not a mushroom! The two smaller mirrors above her dresser were replaced by one larger mirror to better facilitate shots where the reflection will be used.

Gertrude and Mayzie!

Gertrude and Mayzie puppets are done! Overall construction was very similar to the bird girls except that these two were a little taller. Gertrude was intentionally made skinny and awkward and Mayzie had some enhanced features to emphasize her superficiality and high-maintenance attitude.