24 Frames

Scene from "24 Frames"

"24 Frames" is a stop-motion animated black comedy mockumentary about a stop-motion animated film production at an art college in the southern U.S.

The crew, which consists mainly of ambitious animation students, aspires to adapt a children's book into an animated film to impress the school's president, who also happens to be the director's mother-in-law. Incompetence, artistic differences, and a series of grisly mishaps soon cause the production to spiral out of control as the would-be filmmakers struggle to finish the project.

Directed by stop-motion animator and teacher Brad Pattullo, "24 Frames" is a razor-sharp satire of academia, politics, and the animation industry.

This puppet film represents three and a half years of work in a kerosene-heated garage in northwest Pennsylvania. Packed with quirky characters, shocking twists, and self-referential film-industry jokes, "24 Frames" is truly a unique and engaging animated short.