Burnout is a mixed medium stop motion short film following Matt as he tackles his Stress... literally.

 

I produced this film in my third year of university. After discovering what stop motion films got through, I took charge and volunteered myself to produce both Scenes of the Absurd and Burnout. Our core team was made up of myself as producer and the two directors. Although we had a small number of freelancers on the project, the team remained small, making it easier to manage. The team had 15 weeks to produce this short film from pre-production to the final edit. The film was shot on one set which the director and protagonist, Matt Hendry and the antagonist, Stress were animated in.

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As I was working with two experimental directors this meant that they had lots of ideas that would not be possible in relation to scheduling. Despite this, we pushed on and through compromise we developed our cinematography and learnt new techniques. Additionally, as both directors were thoroughly involved in stop motion previously, it eliminated any misunderstanding of the pipeline. This made negotiating certain aspects a lot easier. The narrative evolved after each presentation as we took on constructive feedback from the lectures.