Animation Fish

For my rock pool shot I still needed to animate the fish. So I made the fish out of foam with a wire running through it so it could bend and twist it. As for the tail, I used a wire mesh. I covered it all in tights and sewed it up.

I did a bit of research in to rock pool fish, but they all seemed very dull and I pictured something more silver and pretty.

Rock pool fish

Fish I pictured

So I painted my fish silver and added silver glitter to resemble little scales. In this shot I had to animate the fish on a green screen and then I can layer it over the top of the rock pool I did before. I animated it so it was swimming on the spot on a rod.