I’ve created a facebook page for my work, come and like if you like- click the pic:
Ray Harryhausen
I was sad to hear of Ray Harryhausen’s recent departure from this earth. I’m incredibly thankful that I got to meet the man himself, discuss Medusa over a risotto lunch and then take his photo (see below). How wonderful. (click the pic to be taken to the Ray Harryhausen website):
Humbug- New Short
Screening as part of Pattern Power / Superstripe: A cultural festival of pattern exploration taking place at the Londonewcastle project space 6th-21st April 2013. The film is a response to the brief ‘Stripes’ and for those of you that don’t know, a Humbug is a British boiled sweet (candy) with stripes across it.
To view the other 6 films in context, commissioned for ‘Superstripe’, see here: http://vimeo.com/creatureoflondon/videos
Synopisis: Wilf had a pet pig named humbug, they were inseparable…until yesterday, there was an accident with the Eggman’s dog and Humbug was no more…
Humbug was shot in just one day and, in its entirety, including idea conception, had a 2 week turnaround, a teeny tiny budget for art dept and a whole lotta love.
Production photos etc: facebook.com/Humbugshortfilm
Humbug from Vicky Mather on Vimeo.
Humbug- some props and stills
The turnaround on this short was 2 weeks, with a one day shoot. At the beginning of the two weeks we didn’t even have a script- so here’s a glimpse in to some of the hurried storyboards, sketches and props that came out of the tiny amount of prep time we had:
In the build up to launching online, there will be a steady stream of making of pics here: https://www.facebook.com/Humbugshortfilm
Some character sketches with casting and costume in mind:
These eggs are not real- Amy Lockwood from the art department painstakingly created each of them, apart from the Quail:
You can see more making of pics on the Humbug facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Humbugshortfilm
New Short Film: HUMBUG
Amongst a few other exciting things, I recently directed this live action short film entitled ‘Humbug’. For those that don’t know a ‘Humbug’ is a British boiled sweet with stripes across it.
The film screens as part of ‘Superstripe‘ – A cultural festival of pattern exploration. The film is a response to a very open brief of ‘Stripes’.
I got a great still on set (see below). In his acting debut Fred Thomas plays ‘Wilf’ in the story. Along with Fred the film stars Julian Bird, Charlotte Morgan and a real live piglet. It was shot in just one day and, in its entirety, including idea conception, we had a 2 week turnaround and a teeny tiny budget. How’s that for teamwork?
The exhibition takes place at the Londonewcastle Project Space in Shoreditch and runs between the 6th and 21st of April.
Click the still below to go to the Humbug Facebook page:
Interview for 12ft6
Stanley Pickle will be screening at 12ft6 Bar Shorts in Manchester April 30th- here’s a light hearted interview I did with them (click through)-
Filmclub UK video broadcast
Last week I was interviewed for Filmclub UK and the video was broadcast to various schools all over the UK. Filmclub UK have distributed Stanley Pickle to over 7000 schools nationally and abroad as part of education in secondary schools. Click the pic for the interview:
SOTW Shorts Distribution
An interesting and informative article I contributed to on Short of the Week by Ivan Kander, about the changing game of shorts distribution, click the photo to read the full article:
Filmclub UK
Stanley Pickle is screening across thousands of secondary schools as part of Filmclub UK and there will be a live webcast at the end of February.
Interview with onepointfour & Dragonframe blog
Onepointfour have showcased Stanley Pickle on their website, there is an interview and in ‘related content’ are some original concept drawings and character evolutions from the early stages of development – Click the pic to read the full article:
Stanley Pickle is also featured on the Dragonframe blog, there is an extract from the first interview I did for Film Industry Network – We shot Stanley Pickle using Dragonframe Stop-Motion software- it’s the best. Click the pic to read the post:
