SHORT stories - Pretty, Dead - Jeff Scher

PRETTY, DEAD

I made this film over the past summer. It was commissioned by Showtime for their nifty SHORT stories show. It's a kind of Faux Noir in that it's full of film noir references, but painted with the most un-noir pallet. It's also a kind of Faux feature having been distilled down to the point of abstraction. And it's got one of my favorite Shay Lynch scores.

Paul Simon's "Getting Ready For Christmas Day "

"Getting Ready For Christmas Day", by Paul Simon.
from the Forthcoming Album "So Beautiful Or So What"

Animation/direction; Jeff Scher

Getting Ready Animation

This is an image I took in the middle of animated "Getting Ready For Christmas Day", a video for Paul Simon. It was shot looking straight down on a light box on an animation stand. The camera, a Sony vx2000 let me shoot negative into a Mac Pro running I-stop motion. Pictured here are a few of the many props I borrowed from my boys.