Bloody Useless is a stop motion short film following organs within the body as they try to remove a foreign object.

 

I pitched this film with my director, Leigh Cleverley, during our second year of university. Shortly after our pitch was successfully chosen, Leigh and I were joined by other students. With a core team of six and additional freelancers, we had 12 weeks to produce this short film from pre-production to the final edit. With seven puppets and only one set, production was a swift process. The live action elements were filmed within one session with our amazing lecturer, Pete Felstead, acting as our human for the organs.

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Being vastly different from the first stop motion I produced, Greenham Common Women, Bloody Useless highlighted certain aspects within the pipline that had not been recognised previously. As the director and I had worked closely together previously, our communication was strong and made the teams dynamics amazing.