BDM124, Stop motion, 3 August

Insanely Twisted Shadow Puppets - Michel Gagne
Really funny series of interstitials for Nickelodeon Halloween 2005 involving monsters eating monsters eating monsters.   He's got a really nice dark orange stripe running behind some of the segments.  It's attractive patterning and also creates a sense of movement and urgency.  The characters are black silhouttes with orange or green eyes and the backgrounds are grey scale.  

Monster inspiration, discovered by Ryan.
Story developments with Ryan, Anna and Traci:  The Monster is a shadow puppet on the back wall of the bedroom and the shadows go with him when he leaves the underbed,  the kid rolls over and sends the TBK flying into the belly of the beast, the  Bear is bitten by something inside of the monster and has become infected and cannot be saved.  He nobly suicides as Little Stuffie looks on.  We hear him disintegrating and reforming into the new Monster.  A few new panels have been added to the storyboard.


The Maker

I love this short.  It has beautiful sets and characters an emotional core and a good twist ending.  Making these kinds of lavishly detailed props and puppets is something I'd like to do on our group stop motion short.

Material list due Thursday by email
foam core
wooden skinny pieces for frame of corner of room/shadow puppet screen
armature wire
black poster board
printed cotton fabric for wallpaper
fimo (colours?)
blue lighting gel
teddy bear and other animal body
what're the bed and child made out of?