A new stop motion documentary by Joe Hitchcock, exposing the inhumane working conditions that elves face every day in Santa's Workshop.

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Once upon a time, a princess moved into an Auckland flat with an evil villain. Will they get along, or will it all end it a bloody mess?

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It is a time of impending doom for planet earth.

Following the capture of the infamous worm leader Slimey, by the heroic astronimiser Jane Johnson (Rebecca Trelease*), the new and improved worms have set a course for a return to earth.

The rescue mission led by fiendish lieutenant Grimey, will spell certain death for earth's unsuspecting inhabitants.

*Best Actor/Actress (Shootout Film Festival 2005)
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From within the darkness a distant noise is falling, and Kismet's twisted world is about to change.

A short stop frame animation based on research into Expressionism in Animation. With inevitable comparisons to Tim Burton, Kismet is a science fiction fantasy with a strong horror influence.

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Created as part of the 48HOURS film festival in Wellington 2005. On friday night, the team was landed with a genre and 3 random items. By Sunday night they had written, shot and edited a 7 minute film, complete with a musical soundtrack, a burning building, dancing girls and of course, the fox.

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Remember the days of the old school yard? this is different. 

Made as part of *Brad Davison's honours degree, the 7 minute short is based on research into parody, and could be described as a cross between The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe and Mulholland Drive.

*Best Director, Pikitia Degree Show 2004
*Best Soundtrack, Pikitia Degree Show 2004
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Private Eyes is a short Film Noir parody following in the footsteps of films such as the Maltese Falcon and the Big Sleep. Made for the 24 hour shootout film festival 2004, Private Eyes is the ultimate tribute to the Film Noir genre.

*Best Cinematography, Shootout 2004
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Pirates is a short film about the Pirates who rule over the Lego land’s and oceans. Possibly based on a true story; Pirates documents the adventures of Roy, a petrol station employee who decides to rescue a mysterious girl kidnapped by pirates.

The 8 minute film was entirely improvised during the animating process, and most of the dialogue wasn't even decided on until post production. The term "animation" is also used loosely in describing this piece, as some scenes are comprised of only a few frames cutting back and forth to form a conversation.

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Killer Worms from Outer Space, Special FX special was made over three months in 2003, with a small group of friends and no money.

Based on a concept by Will Fleming, the script was full of obscure movie references and in-jokes, making this film hilarious to film geeks and mildly amusing to the general public.

*Funniest Moment, Pikitia Degree Show 2003
*Best Soundtrack, Pikitia Degree Show 2003
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The White Noise Experiment was made as an experiment to separate audio and image, while maintaining some sense of parallel narrative.

The story follows Cameron (Shane Burns), who can hear the real world but sees something else. The climax involves a murder, a realisation, and an imaginary man morphing into a cracker. 

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