Wooden stop-motion puppets
Hello there! Last week I posted about my short film and received some lovely reactions. Thank you for that ❤️
I thought it could be interesting to share a little bit of the making-of process for the puppets.
When designing the look of the film, I knew I wanted the characters to have very expressive silhouettes. The puppets are all made from wood, which obviously isn’t very flexible! So instead of making each character as one solid puppet, I created a set of replaceable body parts that could be swapped out while animating. This gives the animation a nice, snappy look!
The pieces are connected with wire, which can be bent and animated to add anticipation and extra movement. The combs, beaks and tails are also replaceable. These parts are a little less complex, so I could create more variations of them, allowing for a smoother and more expressive animation.
Let me know if you’d like to see more of the making-of process of this film 👀