A humorous 2D animation about fraternity. A pair of socks are looking forward to taking their rightful place on the top rail in a supermarket when an accident occurs. They are chucked onto the reduced shelf and picked up by a rather grubby looking man. One of the socks hoped for a more hygienic owner and so takes matters into his own hands.
The making of this film is part of a wider initiative to provide a platform for local artists, where new collaborations can be made between makers, writers, and animators. Using CHFA as a living resource, we hope to maintain traditional stop motion techniques while supporting new and exciting projects.
This project has been commissioned by CIT and Cosgrove Hall Films Archive with support from Arts Council England and Waterside.
Artist Credits
Director – Sam Tipper Sam completed an animation MA at UWE in 2018, where he made a short film called ‘Victor’. It was selected for seven film festivals, of which two were award wins. Professionally, he has run a small video production business since 2008 (www.studiome.co.uk), creating mainly time-lapse videos for the construction industry and promos for corporate clients. He has multiple animation and writing projects on the go in his spare time, which he hopes to develop into something for TV and Film in the future.
Animator - Patrycja Szypula Patrycja got a distinction in her animation MA at UWE in 2018. She is a freelance animator based in the UK (originally from Poland), who specialises in Flash, TV Paint and Cel Action. She has worked for various companies since graduating, including Reflective Films.
Sound Designer – Patrick Henchman Patrick creates sound and music for a variety of different media. He collaborates on exciting creative projects, whether designing sound to animation, composing music to film or recording sound on location. Some of his clients include Channel 4, Dyson and Rumpus Animation.
Character Designer – Ben Spybey Ben is an artist and animator from Nairobi, Kenya who loves creating mad characters and uncanny and surreal situations. His work, mostly in Illustration and 2D tradigital animation, attempts to marry contemporary ideas with a style that hearkens back to the classic cartoons and comics he enjoyed as a child. He graduated from UWE in 2019 with a BA(Hons) in animation. He currently works at A Productions as an animator.