About
As a student at UCLAN, I spent the last year working on ‘Fish N Chips,’ a stop-motion film where emphasis was on set and puppet design.
Before this, I was developing my skills including set and puppet making, stop-motion animation, 2D animation (both traditional and digital), and 3D modeling with emphasis on the usage of photogrammetry.
Throughout my time at UCLAN, I took part in multiple internships focused on the C19th and the history of Preston, as well as creating informational videos and video game assets. The last three years have made me incredibly eager to enter the industry and use my skill to create with likeminded people
Project overview
Fish N Chips
‘Fish N Chips’ is a short film about Phil, a middle manager on his lunch break trying to treat himself with some chippy, only to be thwarted by Hilda, the elderly woman behind the counter who seems intent on misunderstanding everything Phil says and making the experience as unpleasant as possible.
The story takes place in ‘The Narwhal,’ a chippy based on ‘The Dolphin,’ the local chippy growing up. The original idea of a customer being tormented by a senile woman in a chippy came from a script written by a close friend. However, in the film, Hilda’s dialogue is entirely made up of quotes from the women in my family. These quotes were either obtained through interviews or recording them going about their day (with permission). As such, this film is an exaggerated but accurate reflection of growing up in Denton with my family.
Set during the filming of the short film.
Short Film Trailer.
Puppets and their original pre-production designs.
