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


Obsession of a Strigiphile

 Anyone who knows me is aware of an obsession that i have had for years. Owls...

I can't really explain why.I used to see a different owl every day, always depicted through design, not photographs or actual owls. This lasted for over five years. I never went out of my way to see them but like clockwork ever day, I saw at least one new owl depiction. I would point out these owls to people who knew about this phenomenom. I don't really know why this was happening but i enjoyed seeing all of the variations on what always seemed to be the great horned owl. 

This is an owl puppet I've been working on. It has a blinking eye mechanism, wing flap mechanism, plumicorn fore and aft mech and articulated mouth and feet. The legs are also jointed. A well rounded hand puppet

Here is a pair of actual Great Horned Owls I photographed through a telescope in NYC.