Making of Taare Zameen Par title animation
Why clay animation? After the completion of the film, the sequences where animation was to be used were planned. They were mostly dream sequences, where the boy is lost in his own world of fantasy. There are many transitions from one fantasy to the other. Aamir did not want to use human characters in the animation. He wanted elements from nature - fish, animals, birds, plants, flowers and so on. Various kinds of samples were created and he liked the clay animation. There is a certain tactile quality to this technique. As children play with plasticine or modelling clay, it became more of an obvious choice. There is an organic feel to the medium, which is not achievable through computer-generated animation. Clay is something that everyone can relate to easily.
For some of the transitions we made replacements models and used them to speed up the actual animation process like in the scene where the peacock turns into a flower, Watermelon turns into Moon etc Instead of modeling and animating directly on the table.
Vishal making under water Back ground
Arvind busy making Pizza Planet
Harshad detailing the elephant, Arvind with his miniature kite
This video shows all the details of making of TZP title. It was shot by Arvind while I was shooting.
Arvind Chudasama, Aamir Khan, Dhimant Vyas, Vishal Mhala, Harshad Godbole( in front)
‘Dear Dhimant, Thanks for the magic, Love- Aamir 23/ 08/ 2008’
Dhimant Vyas and Aamir khan
Dhimant Vyas and Aamir khan