The 2020 D&G Christmas video went so well that this time we made two!
So Happycentro, Happy Finish and myself teamed up again to bring home some stop motion magic.
The whole set was designed and built in 1:6 scale with more than 2,500 tiny lightbulbs, each hand-mounted to miniature reproductions of the characteristic “luminarie” lights from southern Italy’s town fairs. Broadway meets folklore meets Italian variety shows with the legendary song “La Notte è Piccola,” opening theme for the classic TV program “Studio Uno” from the 60s.
My job was of course to make Stefano and Domenico sing and dance. In order to do that, Federico dug out a selection of dance references from the likes of Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire and the Phyllis Brothers while I built puppet bodies with a flexibility worth of a circus contortionist.
To make them sing, we produced 3D-printed heads with interchangeable mouths. In the end they fit so well that we barely had to clean them up in post.
The whole job took almost half a year and an amazing team of crafters and geeks to complete. Enjoy!
