Waste Away - Fabrication & Behind the Scenes

Puppets, props, and sets created by Elly Stern for her 2020 stop motion film Waste Away.

Puppets

Woman Puppet: Wire armature, build up foam, bandages, latex, ProsAid & Acrylic skin, baked Sculpey head, soft sculpey jaw for movement, plasticine lips, eyebrows, pupils

Fish puppet: wire armature, foam, bandages, ProPoxy, latex & acrylic skin, Cinefoil moveable fins

Props

 

Behind the Scenes & Sets

SETS - Alleyway (32x80"): joint compound, handmade paper, sand + plaster + concrete texture medium & acrylic on foam core for pavement; Beach: leather & sand for shore, plastic wrap for water

Post-Production & Editing

Post-production keying & editing done in After Effects

 
 

Sketches