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Death and Cupid

Stop motion short film, based on Aesop's fable

2019

Fig. 1

The hell set, lit red

Role: The puppets' wings and armatures, and the hell set
For: Wimbledon College of Arts (university project)

The story

We adapted Aesop's fable Death and Cupid into a stop motion short, as a collaborative project. I made the animatable wings and armatures of the puppets, and the hell set. I also helped with the lighting, filming and animating.

Fig. 2Video / YouTube

Process

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Death and Cupid, photo 1 — Fig. 3

Wing sketch — Fig. 4Wing sketch

Death and Cupid, photo 2 — Fig. 5

Wing armature — Fig. 6Wing armature

Death and Cupid, photo 3 — Fig. 7

Sewing the wings — Fig. 8Sewing the wings

Death's wings — Fig. 9Death's wings

The hell set, starting out — Fig. 10
The hell set, starting out

Death and Cupid, photo 4 — Fig. 11

Painting the rocks — Fig. 12Painting the rocks

Death and Cupid, photo 5 — Fig. 13

The painted back wall and rocks — Fig. 14
The painted back wall and rocks

Death and Cupid, photo 6 — Fig. 15

Lighting through a red filter — Fig. 16
Lighting through a red filter

Filming — Fig. 17Filming

Sheet 1 of 15

Project: Death and Cupid
Sheet: 1 of 15

Cupid's wings — Fig. 18Cupid's wings

Death's bow and arrows — Fig. 19Death's bow and arrows

Bones and a skull in the hell set — Fig. 20
Bones and a skull in the hell set

Death and Cupid, photo 7 — Fig. 21

Death and Cupid, photo 8 — Fig. 22

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