Sam Gainsborough’s film “Faced” cleverly combines live actors and mixed media stop movement. The artist told the director that the head made of plastic said he “shot the film with live action and pixelation, and then shot the faces of the characters in the studio alone, almost the shots we’ve already shot.” This required Gainsborough to match the faces with the actor’s frame.
Summary of the movie: “Shaun always feels separated and isolated from the confidence, happy world around him. While waiting for his parents in a busy bar, Shaun bravely struggles with the admirable blissful people in the crowd, the more he tries, the more he tries, the bigger he gets. The desire overwhelms him, and by night, he is ready to explode…”
See more on Sam’s website.
