Puppet
- Studio
- Blend Films
Synopsis
A young man fabricates a simple sock puppet, not knowing the abuse that the entity will soon inflict upon its creator. Through an escalating series of torture, the possessed puppet takes on the embodiment of fear and willful self-destruction.
Characters
Puppet, Young Man
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Patrick Smith
Producing
- Producer
- Patrick Smith
Animation
- Animator
- Patrick Smith
Music
- Music
- Charles Fernandez
Crew
- Music Engineer
- Dan Blessinger
- Music Score Supervisor
- Ron Hess
- Production Supervisor
- Melissa Jordan
- Color Supervisor
- Arthur Metcalf
- Production Assistant
- Elizabeth Best
- Scanning and Color
- Dan McCool, Chad Baily, Noelle Vaccese, Henry Thurlow, Joy Vaccese, Jennifer Lee, Rob Bohn, D. Christian Hagerman
- Backgrounds
- Olivia Ward
- Film Services
- TECHNICOLOR
- Film Transfer Supervisor
- Barbara Jean Kearney
- Post-Production
- Riot Manhattan
- Post-Production Supervisors
- Angela Lupo, Gwen Frey, Angela Lupo, Gwen Frey
- Theoryist
- Tony Curanaj
- Special Thanks
- Angela Cacchione-Lupo, Gwen Frey, Barbara Jean Kearney, New York Foundation for the Arts, Mark Smith, Ted Smith, Michael Suby
- Crew
- New York City
Companies and other credits
- Performed By: The Trone Orchestra
- ©2006 Patrick Smith
- Blend Films
- www.blendfilms.com
Production notes
Director's statement: "I love to draw. It's a lot of work, but I'm really obsessed with it. The irony of a hand puppet beating up its maker is a good representation of what we all do to ourselves when we're obsessed with work. There's no solution to this abuse, it continues for as long as the passion for the work is there. In other words, I hope my hand puppet continues to beat the tar out of me. 'Puppet' is entirely hand-drawn, it took a bit less than a year to animate, although traces of this idea are in my older sketchbooks, some as far back as '95."
Awards
Best Animation, Northampton Independent Film Festival, 2006.
Best Animation, Action on Film Festival, Los Angeles, 2006.
Best Animation, Griffin International Film Festival, 2006.
Best Animation, Grand Festival Award, Berkeley Film Festival, 2006.
Honorable Mention, Signals International Film Festival, 2006.
Honorable Mention, Smogdance Film Festival, 2007.
Third Place, First Glance Film Festival, Los Angeles, 2006.
Runner-Up, Asheville Film Festival, 2006
Best Animation, Action on Film Festival, Los Angeles, 2006.
Best Animation, Griffin International Film Festival, 2006.
Best Animation, Grand Festival Award, Berkeley Film Festival, 2006.
Honorable Mention, Signals International Film Festival, 2006.
Honorable Mention, Smogdance Film Festival, 2007.
Third Place, First Glance Film Festival, Los Angeles, 2006.
Runner-Up, Asheville Film Festival, 2006