Film / TV
Fantastic Mr. Fox
During my time in London, I had the amazing opportunity to work on a Wes Anderson Film. The production needed extra sweaters made for one of the foxes. The fox name was Ash and he wore an all white cardigan which was extremely small. I had to use two piano wires as knitting needles. I love how the movie turned out but every time I see Ash up on screen I remember the painful moment when I lost his sweater in a shopping mall. It was a great place to knit. Very comfortable sofa and wonderful people watching and there was a costa coffee steps away. I went to get a coffee and as I was standing in line I had the horrible realization that I had left the Little knitted sweater on the sofa. Well, I never saw that again and I had to start all over.
Those tiny tiny knitting needles made out of piano wire. Making the first loop and starting the sweater all over again, not a good day.
FRANKENWEENIE
Once again in 2010 my Husband was asked to return to London to work on the Stop Motion Feature of Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie. This time I was part of the crew that helped fabricate props and the stand-in Puppets. If the Hero Puppets are not available, the Stand-in Puppets are used by the Director of Photography to compose and light the shot. These puppets have to match very closely to the Hero Puppets to get the best results for the Director of Photography (DP)
MONKEYBONE
When I was in College, I had hopes of trying my hand at Stop-Motion Animation. I was lucky to tie up with Henry Selick when he was making the film, Monkeybone. My position there was to work in fabrication and scenic painter. With the guidance of Jamie Hyneman, I joined the crew that was making the giant mechanical hand that appears in the film.
