Here’s a few of photos of the latest puppet designs. They don’t have names yet…

Great times!! We’ve just finished our first day of shooting at Wollaton Park in Nottingham. It was covered in snow and the shots looked great. We had to cut it short due to the sleet and snow which wouldn’t let up, but that’s the way the cookie crumbles sometimes.
We got some really nice footage which [...]

We’ve confirmed the location for the shoot this weekend. Wollaton Park in Nottingham is perfect. It’s a huge park with a secluded little deciduous wood next to a bushy evergreen wood – two or three great locations right next to each other!
It’s covered in snow at the moment so it’ll be great for some of the [...]

Found some of our original concept sketches that we made back in 2005. These show the shrine which at the time was based on our cellar. There are also a couple of shot ideas. I’m thinking it might’ve turned into some sort of storyboard had it continued.

Looks like perfect shooting conditions to me! Let’s do it!
Half of the script calls for a “Winter Garden” so all being well we’re going to make the most of it. First day of shooting this weekend. Better pack the thermos (and the A-Line flares with pockets in the knees)!

Back in 2005 art director Amy Nicholson started the goblin designs and made a series of puppets, each with their own personalities. Here’s a few test photos we took recently.

How’s this for a bit of inspiration!?
A great item I picked up in China last summer. They sell these all over the place. We got this from a market along the Yangtze River. Not sure if it’s a real butterfly. Probably knowing the Chinese!
As the main character collects insects I’m sure it’ll make an appearance [...]

Back in 2005 me and my partner Amy decided to write a screenplay. Inspired by film-makers like Jim Henson, Tim Burton and Guillermo del Toro we set to work on a short film script.
However, it wasn’t quite as easy as you might think. We had loads of ideas but we needed a method to control [...]