The Elephant's Lullaby

(drawing by Liz Mclelland and Wright Rickman.)

As I said in my last post, I'm going to be filming Green Screen stuff for The Elephant's Lullaby video. The main point of the intro is to teach the motions for the chorus.

Little elephants need to get their rest
To grow up big and strong
To make their ears so big and floppy
To make their trunks so long

I've got motions for "rest" "growing up" "strong" "floppy ears" and "trunks so long." I decided today, after performing the song for 6 years, that it would be good to have a motion for "elephant." Since I'm filming today, I'd better figure it out!

I asked my neighbor, who knows sign language, if she knew the sign for "elephant." She did!

You start at your nose and make a graceful swoop down like an elephant's trunk.

So today I plan to film the new motions for posterity!

The animators won't like this because that will mean more animation!

- Tom