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An exhilarating rollercoaster ride through the animated pictures of Sarah's world, as she gets revenge on the man who broke her heart!

Written, Directed & Edited by Robin King
Starring Denise Hoey, David Crow, Ruth Larkin

This pixilation (stop-motion animation using real people) was made for Screen South as part of the UK Film Council's Digital Shorts scheme. As much as possible, it was made 'in camera' without digital superimposure, using thousands of printed materials.

In answer to some of the questions below and others I've been frequently asked:

The whole film took about a year: roughly three months each for development, prep, shoot and post - although due to the nature of the film, part of the post bled into the shoot.

The programs I used were Photoshop, Premiere 6.5 and some bespoke programs I coded myself (a 3D animatic planning program and another to smooth out some of the tracking shots). To be honest my machine and the software weren't up to what I needed from them, and I would have a much better time of it now, with my macbookpro, FCP and a tablet...

I used a Canon Eos 350D Digital SLR to shoot, and took roughly 26,000 photos overall.

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  • Sam Dodge 3 years ago
    That was amazing! Really well done! I can't imagine how much work all that took, everything looked perfect. Simple and funny.
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  • Michael Rissi plus 3 years ago
    Great, no idea how you can do that!
  • Nick Irvin 3 years ago
    Take pictures. Upload all the pictures. Drag n drop in the order you want in your movie software then play it
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  • R3DBEARD 3 years ago
    yes very amazing, and the details were superb!... well done!
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  • Petteri Nordquist 3 years ago
    this was amazing
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  • Emrys Roberts plus 3 years ago
    Man that was awesome. Such an original idea. :)
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  • Mike Revelle 3 years ago
    wow!
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  • ¡ǝnɹʇ 3 years ago
    That must have taken a lot of effort, and it paid off. Great video!
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  • Biju 3 years ago
    Really excellent Robin....
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  • Dan Valentine plus 3 years ago
    Incredible work. Very enjoyable to watch. Amazing detail and transitional work. Loved it.
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  • Caio Porciuncula 3 years ago
    WOW! that was really awesome! Really, really good job!!
    =D
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  • one man 3 years ago
    cool xD
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  • Eric T. plus 3 years ago
    Fantastic! I hope you did a "making of video!" :)
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  • Morris 3 years ago
    brilliantly awesome~! good expressions too. spot on.....
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  • malcolm man plus 3 years ago
    holy shits!


    Brilliant work mate!!!!!


    absolutely clever and funny!!!
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  • Jonathan Entwistle plus 3 years ago
    Yes, interesting, but any idea when the Film Council is going to fund some drama?
  • I saw all the films funded as part of the screen south Digital Shorts scheme, and more than half of them were dramas. I half to say none of the dramas were as compelling or as memorable as this.
  • Jonathan Entwistle plus 3 years ago
    Yes, I can imagine. This is technically superb and compelling in that regard.... however it is not a compelling story in any way. It is entertaining, and that counts for a lot. I just take issue when 'film' funds start supplying money to concept driven, technology-based stuff rather than good story telling, directing and cinematography. When there are no good scripts I suppose all they can do is fund interesting digital experiments. They have to give the money somewhere.
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  • dalas verdugo staff 3 years ago
    Unbelievable! I can't imagine how much work this took.
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  • Littlepills 3 years ago
    eeeeehi,
    bello, complimenti!
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  • Janelle Burdell 3 years ago
    Wow! My mind is blown!!!
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  • Igor Galaktionov 3 years ago
    excellent. very serious work
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  • Henry Walker 3 years ago
    impressive for sure.
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  • americanvirus 3 years ago
    Amazing!! Amazing!! Amazing!! I love it!!
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  • Chairman Meow 3 years ago
    I am utterly speechless...
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  • Numanbek Q. 3 years ago
    That's just stunning. I am shocked!
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  • Harriet 3 years ago
    this is amazing!
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  • Angel Navarro III 3 years ago
    wow how long did you work on this?:-O
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  • Jonathan Roulston 3 years ago
    Holy crap. The amount of detail in this work amazes me.
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  • cristiano michkinis 3 years ago
    great job....awsome
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  • amankerstudio plus 3 years ago
    very nice clip....:)
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  • DainTurner 3 years ago
    Wonderfully brilliant.
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  • AJ 3 years ago
    glad someone is more patient than i am
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  • Clay Productions plus 3 years ago
    amazing!
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  • Alex Stone plus 3 years ago
    Brilliant!
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  • davidson vorhes 3 years ago
    truly incredible vid. trying to wrap my mind around it...
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  • Travis Vautour plus 3 years ago
    exceptionally executed, this definitely stands apart from the others in it's genre
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  • Gérard Mouillaud plus 3 years ago
    Quel travail !
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  • Juan Peces plus 3 years ago
    Oh my God, it's 'La science des rêves', by Michel Gondry, revisited! You have so much talent! Enhorabuena!!!
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  • Karen Abad plus 3 years ago
    :-)
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  • Adam Douglas Arts 3 years ago
    That was fucking amazing!
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  • Hemant Charya 3 years ago
    Awesome!
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  • Steve Lucin plus 3 years ago
    wow, great stuff!
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  • Steve Jarvis 3 years ago
    I claim that i've edited when i put a fade in between 2 clips lol

    Thats some good work there
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  • Simon Watmore plus 3 years ago
    Genius
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  • Voxinabox 3 years ago
    That was great! Well done. :)
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  • balneaire 3 years ago
    Top level, Melies !
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  • Matt Taylor plus 3 years ago
    COOL! Nice work!!!
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  • Richard Huntington 3 years ago
    LOL!!!! That was great!
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  • Kid Gray 3 years ago
    Very cool!
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  • macjunki 3 years ago
    great! looks like a lot of work.
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  • Mirella Misi 3 years ago
    awesome. pretty well done!
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  • trev 3 years ago
    Super COOL!!
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  • fredasterical 3 years ago
    Loved every second! I wish I had your knowledge and skills! This made my day!
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  • tifredic 3 years ago
    realllly great job !
    certainly one of the very best video on Vimeo
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  • alex tyson plus 3 years ago
    Absolutely incredible! However... this is the first video I've ever seen that had it's thumbnail spoil the ending!
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  • Dawid Gorny 3 years ago
    I've never seen anythoing like it before. Amazing
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  • Kennedy Dickerson 3 years ago
    That was the most amazing video that I have seen my whole life (a little overdramatic, but completely true!)!! I am so intrigued! Please do more! :}
    BRAVO.
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  • TD 3 years ago
    This is a great piece! Very well done the stop motion was spot on and the overall pacing was outstanding! Very creative, very good, and I loved it! Great work!
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  • Paul Whittington 3 years ago
    This was super great! Being an animator myself I was just cringing as I watched at all the work that must have been needed for every shot - excellent work.
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  • you're the king
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  • Freeman LaFluer 3 years ago
    wow this is amazing!
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  • Ger 3 years ago
    certainly one of the best video i have ever seen.
    SUPER
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  • Robin de Vries 3 years ago
    WOW! this is the most awesome animation ever

    very, VERY good job!
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  • Excelente... muy buen trabajo !
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  • Vap Seti 3 years ago
    best video on Vimeo
    fantasztikus, gyönyörü, kreatív...
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  • Roman Beilharz plus 3 years ago
    This is hands down one of the most exciting clips on Vimeo ever! My deepest respect for getting this mega puzzle done AND creating a hell of a fun ride at the same time.
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  • Filip Sterckx 3 years ago
    wow respect ! :)
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  • Carl B. Richetti 3 years ago
    What a rollercoaster ride of a video! Truly impressed by all the blood, sweat and tears that must have gone into this.
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  • Lisa Kassner pro 3 years ago
    I am impressed... Well done!

    Regards,

    Lisa J. Kassner
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  • Michael Tobia 3 years ago
    Super! Probably one of the best moving pictures work seen in a while! Really inspiring!
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  • Frédéric Gentil 3 years ago
    anwesome!
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  • excellent, it is a creativity!
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  • Frank 3 years ago
    Amazing O_o :) great work!
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  • John Coffey plus 3 years ago
    That editing was so way over my head!
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  • HUGELY entertaining!! As an editor I know how much work had to go into this project. Incredible stuff!
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  • Abdiel 3 years ago
    This may just be the most impressive video on Vimeo of 2008.
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  • Myelin plus 3 years ago
    Good work, painstaking but obviously worth it!
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  • josiah douglas 3 years ago
    amazing!
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  • Tisime 3 years ago
    must have been sooooooooo hard to make but great!
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  • The Fibro Twins 3 years ago
    awesome
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  • sick!!!! :)
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  • Vladimirov Vova 3 years ago
    Brilliant!
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  • Eugenio 3 years ago
    wow...i love it
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  • Raphael Pöham 3 years ago
    which editing programm did you use??

    so amazing^^
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  • Robin King 3 years ago
    Wow, thanks everyone for your amazing comments! In answer to a couple of your questions, I've extended the notes at the top.
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  • Olli-Pekka Mahrberg 3 years ago
    Wow! Thanks for sharing
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  • hunter chapman 3 years ago
    you blew my mind with amazement. good job
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  • danny-old 3 years ago
    woow, das isch ja huere geil!
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  • Scott McKenna 3 years ago
    Outstanding. That's a whole lot of work. Very impressive. Nicely done. I wouldn't want to do all that work :)
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  • Maria Bowskill plus 3 years ago
    Fantastic
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  • ailatanotos plus 3 years ago
    JAJAJAJAJA!!!

    I really like it, so creative!!!
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  • Les Lanphere 3 years ago
    wow! interesting and beautiful
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  • Chris Duke plus 3 years ago
    Thank you for the description at the top of the page... it answered all my questions. Very impressive job... very creative, and you can see right from the start it took a lot of work to make this happen! Well done!
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  • sinyanga 3 years ago
    hehe, fun in impressive job :)
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  • joser one 3 years ago
    was this featured in dv magazine?
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  • StawczykManufaktur 3 years ago
    wow! great job & funny movie... :)
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  • Christopher Bales 3 years ago
    Very very very cool and extremely well done. Thanks for giving me the joy of watching it.
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  • Philip Larsson 3 years ago
    amazing! i loved it
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  • JON ZOMBIE plus 3 years ago
    that was epic! great talent here.
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