Frankie

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.

orrery with dome

inside orrery

Frankie with mechanical prop

Animating the planets on set

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


Counting Underwater

Watch : Counting Underwater

This was a pitch that I created for Sesame Street. It is currently viewable online in a contest on Aniboom. Vinny McAuliffe is the talented musician behind the song and the voice of the clam. 

These are motion paths from a recent project i finished on how to Count To Ten. I thought these would be fun to share because I felt they were interesting to look at when viewed all together.  There are hundreds of drawings at work here, all drawn on paper and colored in Photoshop.

These were potential designs for the numbers.

This is an example of thumbnail sketch when I worked out the action of each number/character.

The clam was first sculpted in clay. I made a mold of the top and bottom seperatly. Each half was cast in plastic with pearlescent powder. The tongue was sculpted and then cast in silicone. 

(Here, the clam is pictured on top of all the animation drawings)