Dis\Connect
Role: Director, Designer, Writer, Fabricator
A search for higher meaning, dissatisfaction with the status quo and a sense that you’re the first person to feel this way. You're not. A semi-satirical coming of age story told by handmade wooden puppets.
"This quiet, unassuming short with a truly excellent and funny script is tearjerkingly perfect."
‘DIS \ CONNECT’ was my graduation film from the Illustration & Animation course at Kingston University. All models and sets were hand-made from wood & card, hundreds of individual pieces were designed, cut, sanded, glued and painted. Rather than stop-motion, the film was shot live-action with strings and rods controlling the puppets and everything was captured in-camera.
Awarded a Vimeo Staff Pick.
Credits
Direction, Design, Story
Doug Hindson
Voiceover
Tom Hillenbrand
Sound Design
James Green
Additional Model Making
Pedro Foppa
Additional Puppetry
Thea Glad, Matt King, Gus Scott, Sam Stobart, Imogen Woolley