After a bit of a hiatus while we worked on The River, an animation to the song River of Snot by The Arrogant Worms (released here on April 29th), we’re back in earnest, moving forward with our next film, Mary and The Looking Glass. Working on other projects and without the time and resources (aka…
The Twisted Tales for Demented Children World
After raging fires consume much of the city, residents seek shelter wherever they can find it – many fleeing to underground sanctuary. The world is introduced to a new weapon of terror and destruction so horrific it cracks open a rift between what is real and what is imagined. Children are separated from their parents,…
Welcome to our new blog
Thanks for visiting our blog site for the anthology Twisted Tales for Demented Children. This is the title we’ve given the series of 3D stop motion animated short films we’ve been creating. As many of you know, Skeleton Girl was the first film we made. You can find more info about Skeleton Girl at skeleton-girl.com.…
Mary has her debut at Comic Expo
We’re busy getting ready for this year’s Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo which starts in less than 2 weeks. Comic Expo has exploded into one of the go-to events of the year in Calgary. Now the 6th largest in North America, it attracted 60,000 visitors in 2013, a huge increase from its start 9 years…
…and the credits roll
The film at the movie theatre is over; those of us who played a part in its making stay in our seats, moving our heads side to side as we try to read the names of the people who worked on the film as others get up from their seats and leave. Really, people? What’s…
Twisted Tales Resonates at Comic Expo
It’s the Friday after the crazy and fun Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo which had a record 97,000 attendees. Although I had come down with something resembling a cold after flying back from New York earlier in the week, I managed to croak out conversations with lots of really interesting people who came by our…
Behind the scenes making puppet clothes with costumer Kim Crossley
Cutter/costumer Kim Crossley built the dress for Mary, the main character in our next film Through the Looking Glass. Here she answers a few questions about her background and creating clothes for puppets. How did you get started making clothing for puppets? My puppet costuming began in 1987 in Calgary when I met and began to…