Hanes - Commercial Fabrication
Fabricated puppets and accessories for a Disney/Hanes stop-motion animated production produced by Hornet Animations Inc.
ELLIPSE SHORT FILM
A project where I got to fabricate an entire solar system!
"In celebration of the recent summer solstice and of our magazine’s third trip around the sun comes Ellipse; the latest short for Kid-In by award-winning filmmakers Ivan Abel (cinematographer), Peter Sluszka (director) and Alice Bertay (creative director). With interpretive sounds by Robot Repair and choreography by Megha Barnabas (Yemenwed), Ellipse imagines ‘final contact’ between a daughter and father forever separated by tragedy. Undying love, however, is the propelling force behind the film - one powerful enough to conquer space, time and the ultimate unknown."
I was also involved in environment and set design and fabrication for an upcoming short film by Hornet Films titled "Hardboiled".
The Nest
Puppet and set fabrication project, with photo documentation. The full set was on display at the ROOT Exhibition in Singapore in 2014.
The Phantom’s Friend (Ami du Fantome)
"The Phantom's Friend" is a short stop-motion animation about Erik (everyone's favorite opera ghost) and his chance meeting with a rare Siamese kitten one night on the streets of Paris in the mid-1800s.
Based on the Susan Kay adaptation of the story behind the Phantom of the Opera, where the character of Ayesha the cat is introduced. Puppet design based on the original design by Maria Björnson for the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, which is in turn based on the original novel by Gaston Leroux. The puppets and set took three weeks to build, the animation was done over 48 hours.
GOMMI ARCADE: Episode II
"Welcome to Neo Tokio: Gommi Arcade Episode II" is a short film I co-produced and directed, as well as fabricated all the assets for and animated. Phew! This was shown at 3 film festivals in New York, NY in 2015.
Winner of the Young People's block at the People's Film Festival in 2015, NYC.
Also featured in the Brooklyn Audience Now Film Festival and the Official Selection of the New Filmmakers Film Festival 2015, NYC.
Date Night
Short exercise involving a clay animated lip-sync, with dialogue.
He can't help that he's an onion that gets easily embarrassed!
Dee and Shao’s Secret Handshake
Short animation test with two stop-motion puppets! Featuring two best friends Dee and Shao from my Homelands series, doing their very own special handshake.
Just Two
Stop-motion animation centered around puppet interactions. This was a group project. I made and animated the bear character, whose name is Oswald.
Two creatures find a strange cube in the middle of a forest and try to figure out what makes it tick.
The making of
Before there was Oswald, there was foam and Sculpey and aluminum wire
Away he goes!
Well, This Is Home
Jeremiah the frog lives in a well. He loves his comics.
A 3D Illustration project based on the fable of the frog in the well.
Made with Sculpey, acrylic paint, wire, foam, 9V battery, newsprint, fabric, wood, masonite, tracing paper, epoxy, latex, tiny incandescent light bulb, comic book printouts. Set constructed out of wood and foam.
