A Fantastic Fear of Everything, Animation Sequence

Allow me to present to you the tale of two hedgehog brothers as they journey through insanity to rediscover the meaning of family. Narrated by Simon Pegg. Designed, built, animated, shot and edited in Bristol x

hedgehogs, serial killers and underpants

A Fantastic Fear of Everything is available to own on DVD and Blu-Ray from Monday! A chilling tale of hedgehogs, serial killers and underpants certain to be the perfect entertainment to snuggle up with under the blankets during this, the month of shadows and secrets.
Pre-order yours by clicking this link.

Fantastic Fear

I'm back in Bristol after the cast and crew screening of A Fantastic Fear of Everything in London yesterday. Great to meet some of the London crew and hang out with my Collision family - feeling slightly worse for wear today, but still pretty stoked on the high of seeing my animated hedgehog puppet creations on the big screen and watching my name roll in the credits...! Don't let the Y fronts on the poster scare you, go see it! A Fantastic Fear of Everything opens June 8th in UK cinemas.

A Fantastic Fear of Everything

Here it is folks; the trailer for A Fantastic Fear of Everything is out, featuring the animated hedgehog puppets I designed and made for the film! This is the secret film project I may have mentioned that I was working on last summer.
Release date is set for June 8th in UK cinemas, we can't wait! x

link to the IMDb page
Hollywood Reporter review ("disturbing-looking hedgehog"!)

Dead Bees

Graham Coxon - Dead Bees
(click for full screen)

Last year in July I had my first taste of animation experience working with director Chris Hopewell and Ben Foley at Collision Films, who produce really exciting and memorable music videos and animated films - their animation for Radiohead's 'There There' being one of my all-time favourites! This video is the product of camping out in the woods for four days, drinking beer and getting creative with nature ..... "an ominous stomp across a forest floor..."

Clockwork Dog

...And with the serendipitous finding of a lost lorry ratchet, Steam Dog was complete! And forget chihuahuas in handbags or pampered pugs, Steam Dog wears the handbag! Two of them actually...

The Listener

A screen narratives/animation project created in collaboration with media students at university, The Listener is a short film about an estranged and slightly mad inventor who lives in a ramshackle old 'listenarium' on a hill far above the industrialized city he despises. Music has been outlawed and has since seemingly slipped from existence in the city, but the inventor is determined to find its last remaining hiding place. One day, he finds himself moved to venture down the mountain in search of song...

Directed by Rob Hayward
Compositing/Post-production by Luke Fleming and Simon Ennals
Art Direction, Model-making and Casting by Ashley Clarke