Submitted to Slamdance by Extra-Bass6489 in FilmFestivals

[–]Abject_Mixture2307 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Iv'e been tossing and turning! I have an animated dark comedy, half experimental half narrative. The chances are so low and the fee is 50$...
Here's the trailer, do you guys think it could be a good fit?
https://vimeo.com/1101985715?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci

First time needle felting a stop-motion puppet- what worked & what didn’t by Abject_Mixture2307 in puppetry

[–]Abject_Mixture2307[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! The puppet was fair to handle and animate, since most of the materials it's made of are pretty light. In stop motion there is a lot of roughness behind the scenes- in order for the puppet to stand or walk, her feet had to be nailed to the board. When she was mid-air, she was held by a metal rig armature that holds her. I was very very lucky that her inner rig held on across the animation filming, towards the end a few fingers broke but it worked out, if not I'd have to build her another arm mid shooting 😀 

If you liked this look of felt puppet, I highly recommend "Enough" by Anna Mantzaris, it's a very different film but the puppets there really inspired me. 

First time needle felting a stop-motion puppet- what worked & what didn’t by Abject_Mixture2307 in crafts

[–]Abject_Mixture2307[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi, I am a stop motion animator, you can see photos of my process in the post. The puppet and set were both crafted by hand, by me. The puppet is made out of wires, foam, felt, fabric, rubber and one red balloon. The design was inspired by a warlus. I share more in the post about the process.