Handmade Happiness is a colourful stop motion animated documentary exploring how a passion for craft helps four makers overcome adversity.
// A stop motion animated short film I was inspired to make after reading a newspaper article about how crochet could be prescribed by a doctor to improve your health.
#mentalhealth #knitting #crochet #puppet #needlefelting #stopmotion
Credits
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Featuring: Sam Leishman, Shichao “Saisai” Luo, Paul Rubie, Sybilla Scott-Smith
Directed and Designed: Vivien Mason
Writer: Letitia Lamb
Animation: Vivien Mason, Avon Blazely and Jenae Hall
Puppet fabrication: Vivien Mason
Assistant puppet fabricators: Avon Blazely and Jenae Hall
Editing and sound design: Vivien Mason
Score Composed: Frances Cameron
Sound Mix: Mike Gissing
Producer: Vivien Mason
Impact Producers: Lara Van Ray and Catherine Pettman
Executive Producers: Abi Binning and Franziska Wagenfeld
Behind the scenes trailer: Ebony ten Broeke
Handmade Happiness is supported by Wide Angle Tasmania and The Tasmanian Community Fund, with the animation training attachment supported by Screen Tasmania.
We respectfully acknowledge the muwinina people who are the custodians of the land on which we work.
M Y S O C I A L M E D I A
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W E B S I T E
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www.superfunhappytime.com