Queenie

Intricately handmade from paper and cardboard, this stop-motion animated tragicomedy follows Danny, a university Geography tutor, as he and his students stray from the syllabus in order to break new academic ground. After managing only to break some homewares, Danny is forced to confront the true nature of his project.

My good friend – and business partner at the time – Paul Neason directed this very beautiful short film and I stop motion animated the characters. Queenie was premiered at SXSW in 2014 and Paul and I won the New Zealand Film Commission special jury prize for Animation.

We animated all paper puppets in front of a green screen and composited them in front of the 3D backgrounds that were shot separately.

Photo credits: National Park Studios

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