Philip is our second entry into the Flippin' Stings competition run by the Flip Festival. As our first entry was an object animation, we decided to make this sting more character driven, and used the opportunity to experiment more with the character. We worked in more of a cartoon style (mildly inspired by Camberwick Green and Pingu!), which we really enjoyed. Another reason we like working on these short projects is that it gives us a chance to experiment with different aesthetics.
The making was pretty straight forward as we had a simplified design. And the majority of the shooting went well as Philip was very stable, so we were able to just push him along! However the flip was rather tricky and we ended up having to go for closeup shots rather than a wide shot of the flip.
We really like Philip, and hope to do more things like this in the future.
We will keep you updated on the outcome of the competition.