The Big Top

Last week we got the results from the third year pitches and unfortunately our pitch for Oxygen didn't get through into production. However after the initial disappointment I jumped headfirst into one of the other projects that did go through called The Big Top.

An ex clown is confronted with his past when his once beloved circus returns to town, bringing with it the murder of his ex clowning partner.

The Big Top is a mixed media piece that will be a stop motion and CGI hybrid with stop motion sets and props and CG characters. Its very inspired by film noir and all the iconic imagery that comes with that. Set somewhere in the 1940's and 1950's in a big traveling circus it follows a murder story of a clown and his partners mission to find the killer and put to rest what happened. 

This film is being written and produced by Cecilia Hay and Directed by me because after finding out the results of the pitches my reaction was to jump straight into this project, I expressed to Ceci that I was very keen to get on board with one of the higher roles, and then she offered me the role of director.
However that isn't to say that George and I are giving up on the 360 stop motion, we are still trying tests and are planning to do more.