My friend Mike Pappa made a short film..... Frankie.
I helped him make some mechanical props, and also did some compositing and animation in the film. Here are some photos of the mechanisms he designed for Frankie as well as some stills from the finished film. Visit
http://www.frankiemovie.com/ for more info on this short.
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orrery with dome |
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inside orrery |
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Frankie with mechanical prop |
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Animating the planets on set |
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mechanism added to allow key to change states of watch |
CAST
FRANKIE: Ean Sheehy
SMOKER: Elias
OLD MAN: Paul Johnson
NEIGHBOR: Brian Ronaghan
AWARD PRESENTER: Nick Basile
FATHER: Dave Giegerich
CREW
Writer/ Director/ Production Designer: Mike Pappa
Producers: Elias & Nick Basile
Executive Producer/ 1st Assistant Director: Kate Pappa
Director of Photography: Anthony DeRose
Editor: Steve Flack
Art Director: Catherine Taft
Costume Designer: Jennifer Greene
Costumer/ Hair & Special Makeup FX: Donna DeLia
2nd Assistant Director/ Script Supervisor: Brian Ronaghan
Assistant Camera: Neil Biagio & Christopher Cafaro
Original Music: Christian Almiron
Sound Editor/Foley Artist/Re-recording Mixer: Mike Kurihara
Still Photographer: Stanislava Georgieva
Stop Motion & Mechanical Props: Brian Haimes
Visual Effects Artist: Brian Haimes & Mike Pappa
SPECIAL THANKS
Sound One
Scott Brown
Matt Gaydos
Noah Miller
Sam Strachman