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A Trailer for the BAFTA award winning short, The Eagleman Stag. Featuring the esteemed vocal talents of David Cann, with sound and score Benedict Please.
Visit mikeyplease.co.uk or follow me on twitter.com/MisterPlease for updates of when and where it will be screening next.

Awards-
BAFTA 2011: Best Animated Short
Clermont Ferrand Film Festival: Prix de la Telerama / Special Jury mention
Sleepwalkers: Best Animated Short
South by Southwest: Wholphin Award / Special mention
River Run Film Festival: Best Student Short/ Best Animated short
Royal Television Society- Best Postgraduate Animated Short
Animayo: Best animated Short
Seattle International film festival Grand Jury prize- Best animated Short
Annecy International Animation Festival: Special Distinction
Los Angeles Film Festival: Best Animated Short
Animation Block Party: Best in Show
Traverse City Film Festival: Best Animated Short
Chicago international film festival: Golden Hugo- Best Short
cutout Mexico: Bronze award - Best Narrative Short
New York Science Film Festival: Nature Scientific Merit Award
AFI: Best animated short
Semafor: special mention
Giraf - innovation award

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Jamie Caliri 1 year ago

Great work. I can't wait to see it in the festivals!
Mikey Please 1 year ago

Thanks Jamie! Will let you know when it screens. You should really have a credit in there for Dragon. It saved the day! It goes without saying but, well, your is mighty inspiring work. thanks again!
Andrew Hake 1 year ago

You guys should really make a nice "Shot on Dragon" image or sequence for people to use.
Charles Huettner 1 year ago

this looks pretty amazing
Kirsten Lepore 1 year ago

Holy shit. THIS...LOOKS....AWESOME. Is this your first year film???
Mikey Please 1 year ago

Thanks Lepore! This is the grad piece. Its a fist in the sky for stopmotion everywhere. Hows your thesis fillum coming along? When do we get a peek?!
Kirsten Lepore 1 year ago

Well, I just finished my first year grad film, which I'm hoping to get into a few fests before I post online. I start my thesis this fall (and then have 2 years on it...yikes!)
Mikey Please 1 year ago

whoaaa.. 2 years, that's ages! An amazing time to get deep into something tho. No doubt it'l be more gold for the senses. Can't wait to see your first yr fillum!
Joe Bichard 1 year ago

this looks like its going to be epic! cant wait!
Mikey Please 1 year ago

Cheers J's, its about 9 mins long, so yes its weighty. Go Mars by the way! T'was ace.
Risa Dickens 1 year ago

WOW this looks gorgeous and haunting and awesome. Thanks for posting! This trailer has been featured in the Animation Frequency - frequency.com/video/eaglman-stag/166921
Mikey Please 1 year ago

Awesome, thanks Risa!
rosie miles 1 year ago

Wowzo
Tom Judd 1 year ago

Woooooooooooweeeee Mikeeey this is so bloomin' good! i popped it on animade.tv . see you soon mr
Mikey Please 1 year ago

Thanks Sir Judd! yes, speak soon indeed... you'l see ;)
Renzus 1 year ago

way cool!
Simon Packman 1 year ago

wow wow wow
CocoaGeek 1 year ago

Looks very promising!
Zak Alex 1 year ago

awesome!!!
really wait for the whole story!!!
Michael Hughes 1 year ago

this is fantastic!
is there any chance to see it outside the festivals? would you send out a dvd?
i'd send you one of my 'white' film in return...
Michael Hughes 1 year ago

thanks for the message. won't make it to london on the 2nd. all the best with the screening, though.
Tim Searle 1 year ago

Excellent! Legend! Ha. Great,... wow!
Antónia Marsíková 1 year ago

Ideme si pozrieť :)
david_bowman 1 year ago

Looks GREAT!
Igor Goduto 1 year ago

I wanna see it!
Chris Graf 1 year ago

oh wow...really nice
Lawrie Cape 1 year ago

Gorgeous.
Martha Edwards Smith 1 year ago

Very nice!
Pel 1 year ago

waiting the movie :-)

is stopmotion? you have got an amazing technique.
Mikey Please 1 year ago

Haha, yes. I antisipated a bit of this, it is 95% in-camera stopmotion.
eira 1 year ago

For those of us outside of the UK, how can we watch the full length version ? : )

Looks really clean and awesome !

-b
Jennifer Guerreiro 1 year ago

wow!that is a nice video!i like it!the animation whit stopmotion i try for a work in my Faculty and i love it!
papist77 1 year ago

Looks fantastic
Dario Becher 1 year ago

Love it!!
Polen Erciyas 1 year ago

Kewl!
Hamish Beachman 1 year ago

Its really great, loved it. Good luck with the festivals.
Natasha Kutrovacz 1 year ago

WOW that was awesome!! I love your style and can't wait to see the whole thing!!
holke79 1 year ago

amazing.
renato klieger 1 year ago

ooowwwwwwooo
great great
Gergely Wootsch 1 year ago

Oh, oh, oh..... Fucking' "legendaric"!
Sorry Zorrito 1 year ago

Relly good work, I wanna see the whole thing now! The lighting effects over the foam (?) make everything so nice and 3d-ish

Do you have some making-of stuff?

Cheers!
Mikey Please 1 year ago

Thanks! I'm putting together a proper 'making of' at the moment. but check out the instillation movie for a closer look at the sets etc.
Ubik 1 year ago

looks great mike, looking forward to seeing the whole thing. glad to see you still refuse to do things the 'easy way'.
Mikey Please 1 year ago

Steve! Hello. yes, yes, I do like to wander down the road of vitamin D deficiency. you about in so-soho ce soir?
Ubik 1 year ago

i certainly am. nick will be briefly too. where are you going to be and when?
Mikey Please 1 year ago

hoorah! the shashton as shash is leaving for the land of Oz! from half 6- 7ish?
Ubik 1 year ago

smashing. we will head over there. (anyone else reading this post, come along too, shash is a lovely fella, and mike says he will buy you a pint.)
Brett McManus 1 year ago

beautiful work. that concept of the moment in time being relevant to its percent of your age, where did you get that from?
Mikey Please 1 year ago

Thanks Brett. That idea of time being relevant to age has been something that's interested/bothered me for as long as i can remember and partly what led me make this film. I'm not sure its from anywhere, no doubt its been written about loads and i'm sure people will probably give me a shit load of books all about it now. There's a prize in it for someone if they can correctly work out how old the father is, in relation to the son from the information in the trailer? I did the 'Maths'. Can you...?
Brett McManus 1 year ago

the answer doesnt really make sense but i think the equation does.

if 2hrs= 0.15 ( 150/1000) of his life
then
1 (100 % of his life) = 2hrsx ( 1 divided by .15)

which is 2 x 6.6666
so he is half a day old...
Mikey Please 1 year ago

haha!.. not quite, so he's 12 hours old?
Your assuming his life is the number '1'. Which is a nice way to look at his perhaps. But we don't know how long he'l live. you need to work backwards.
try again i think :)
Gergely Wootsch 1 year ago

Well, if I calculated correctly the father is around 34, the kid is about 8 1/2 years old.

Again, amazing film Mike, very inspiring!
Mikey Please 1 year ago

Hey Gergely! Thanks again :) How'd you work out the sons age to be this? its close to correct, but i realised working backwards makes him 2 1/2. actual answer in comment below....
Zachary Schamberg 1 year ago

In high school someone explained to me why every year of school seemed to go by faster than the ones that came before. It made so much sense, I couldn't believe it hadn't occurred to me before. A very momentous point in my life indeed.
Ruben F Stremiz 1 year ago

se ve increible!
all access pass 1 year ago

here's my guess, which could be crazy because i get things backwards all the time-
father's 34 and the son is 476 yrs old. beautiful look to your ani
Mikey Please 1 year ago

awesome. Nice try indeed, but alas no cigar.
another try perhaps!
Toby Howell 1 year ago

Looks great
aqnb.com 1 year ago

we'll be at short & sweet in 2 mondays ;)
Matt Yu 1 year ago

Peter is about 34 years old and his son is about 2 and a half.
Mikey Please 1 year ago

Matt. Your a genius. This isn't exactly spot on, but actually working backwards from the information its the right answer. I realised that there is a little artistic license here, in that two hours is 'less than' a 150, 000th, making them 4 years older the way i calculated it. Peter is 38 and his son is 6 and a half. But in hindsight you can't work that out backwards.
Send me your address and i shall send you something from the film.
woo. well done : )
pau valiente 1 year ago

Wonderful!
Hall Ramirez 1 year ago

this looks like one of the most mindblowingly creative projects I have ever seen, so epic, following you on twitter, please please bring it to LA
Adam Wozniak 1 year ago

he stopmotions so smooth, and the lighting is great, i dont think ive seen anything quite like this... im intrigued - cant wait to see it!
Jonny GLover 1 year ago

Son is just under 2 and a half

The dad has been alive for 34 years

It looks awesome!!
dave jones 1 year ago

The translucence of the foam and lighting gives this whole thing a fantastic look...not to mention the excellent chunky designs. Just think of all those people over the years who have gone to such great lengths to paint and disguise the polystyrene they've been working with. Ive been working with metal puppets lately and the idea of using polystyrene just seems positively dreamy.
Leo Campasso 1 year ago

Very very beautiful !!!!
Marcus Eckert 1 year ago

this looks ridiculously good
Joshua Prior 1 year ago

WOW! The visuals are stunning! I love the use of black and white - is it styrofoam you're using?
Lucas Zanotto 1 year ago

Brilllliant style!
Tom Cardo-Moreno 1 year ago

wow looks amazing!!!
raul abonitalla jr 1 year ago

very beautiful
Alan McDonald 1 year ago

Thats stunning, i am literally stunned.
NoFatClips.com 1 year ago

Have I already said this is fantastic?
jim le fevre 1 year ago

Oh what a joy to watch. I really can't wait to see the whole thing.

Script, sound and style are simply beautiful. Well done.
Luke Milnes 1 year ago

Wow, if this is just your grad piece... big things!

I look forward to seeing the full thing. Well done.
gal shkedi 1 year ago

so good!!!
Leon W. Gittens 1 year ago

nice, good luck on the short film circuit
tritochke 1 year ago

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA...brilliant work man !
Michelle Tylicki 1 year ago

saw it at the Hackney Film Festival -blew everyone away!!
jake armstrong 1 year ago

i honestly can't wait to see more than a minute version of this. great work all around.
Andre 1 year ago

What I like most about the best works from RCA people is that they are about great story telling rather than just technical skills. Well actually they are a mix of both.
Rawls 1 year ago

wow.
Rosanna Wan 1 year ago

Saw this a few hours ago on the big screen at the BFI, mightily impressive work. Everything's so beautifully designed - I especially like the formation of handwriting in this papery world. Fantastic animation, concept and storytelling. Definitely my favourite out of the Extended Play collection!
niamh moyles 1 year ago

I just watched the full version of this; the trailer doesn’t do it justice- I have goose bumps, so so great.
Mikey Please 1 year ago

that is the BEST reaction.
Next i want to make a film where i pass a tear jar around at the end of every screening. see if i can fill it :)
claire cook 1 year ago

best of luck for the baftas-well deserved! claire
Mikey Please 1 year ago

Thanks Claire! i see a coupla BBC HD shorts up for live action baftas too, congrats to you too!
Beau Burrows 1 year ago

this blew me away at Sundance last weekend. thanks for sticking around afterword to chat about the foam too. never would have guessed seat cushions!
Jonathan Entwistle 1 year ago

Congratulations on the BAFTA!
Thomas Knowler 1 year ago

Hey, well done with the BAFTA. You probably don't remember Canterbury Anifest 2010, but I was shortlisted with you. Yours was naturally very strong. Props!
Adam Schreiber 1 year ago

Big congratulations on winning the 2011 BAFTA for best short animation
Abobakr Mohammed Ashiblie 1 year ago

wow... Congratulations on winning the BAFTA...
Camilo Vargas 11 months ago

Good Job!
Alissa 11 months ago

Very lovely.
Tab 10 months ago

I saw this last night and it blew my socks off. Gorgeous.
Barb Morrissey 10 months ago

I saw this last night at the Ann Arbor Film Fest. It was stunning. I don't know how you did it, but it's funny, engaging and has wonderful animation. Great work!
Mikey Please 10 months ago

Thanks Barb! I wish I could a made it there. how was Ann Arbor? It looked exceedingly good...
Barb Morrissey 10 months ago

It was really good the animation night. Opening night...not so much.
Andrew Lee 8 months ago

Great work Mikey! Saw your film at the Seattle International Film Fest. Congrats on the grand jury award also!