fabrication reel

this reel shows some of the things i have made in action. to see my stop motion film, robot be-bop, just scroll a few posts down.

stop motion and puppet fabrication demo reel from caroline foley on Vimeo.

bison!

i made this bison puppet costume back in april 2009. i had no idea what i was doing, i had never made anything like it before and i really didn't know how to sew but i did it anyway and i am really glad i did because it was a lot of fun and i learned a whole lot by jumping in feet first.

the hump of the bison is like a giant puffy ski mask filled with pollyfill, there are holes in the fur there for vision. the head is sculpted foam and then i glued the fur around it. the head and mouth are controlled by one of those claw things that you can use to pick stuff off the floor with, it is attached to a long cardboard cylinder that rests on your stomach.





i don't think jose the security guard really likes bison, he just walked right on by. video of my bison in action can be seen a couple posts up on my fabrication reel.

baby mammoth

after making bison i had a bunch of scraps left over so i decided to make a hand puppet.

robot be-bop

i made this film while at calarts. fellow student, gregory sesma, did most of the animation. i made all the puppets, sets, did the story, directing, editing and all that other good stuff.

Robot Be-Bop from caroline foley on Vimeo.

a total of ten robots and about eleven sets were made for the film. i have broken the sets down into five basic categories: inside the factory, outside the factory, the construction site, mr. awesome's office (inside and out) and the grand finale stage. pictures of each area are posted below.

robot be-bop: fun with the robots

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break time for reals



oh noes!



i break 4 hugs!



aah! get it off! get it off!



one big happy family



title sculpted out of hard foam

robot be-bop: outside the factory

robot be-bop: mr. awesome's office

robot be-bop: inside the factory

box bot brings the scrap metal...



...to the metal melting machine...



...where the metal scraps are melted down and poured into vats.



but robot just wants to dance



this is boss bot, aka angry bot


he watches over the factory with an iron fist


do not mess with angry bot

robot be-bop: the grand finale set

robot be-bop: the construction site set

robot scopes out the construction site


vitamin bot hauls stuff around




arm bot gets the rivets up to rivet bot...



...using a bucket on a pulley


rivet bot puts the rivets in the beams




sometimes he falls...


oscar bot does his best

the wolf and the mermaid: the kitchen

this set was built for fellow student, gregory sesma, around the 2005/2006 school year (i could be a year off). the original design for the kitchen was drawn by another fellow student, justin parpan, and then i translated that into what you see here. the coolest part about this set isn't even visible, i made a little pocket above the fridge and stove (right where the pipes are) with a small plastic covering that mini flows could sit in emulating the effect of an overhead light. i don't have any pictures of that but trust me, it looked cool! the props were the most fun part for me.

the wolf and the mermaid: the house exterior

this set was made for fellow student, gregory sesma, sometime around the 2005/2006 school year (i could be off by a year though). the house was designed by another fellow student, josh parpan, and i translated the design into the set you see here. the windows are made out of painted plastic so when you shine a light behind it you can see the glow.