ESTHER MARSHALL
FlockofHarpies



Trailer for ‘The Lion and The Unicorn’.

The Lion and The Unicorn 


A stop motion animation about the idea of returning to a passion or hobby which you shared with a loved one who has passed away. Watch my trailer for The Lion and The Unicorn, full animation currently being submitted to film festivals.

Everyone’s relationship with grief is different and I wanted to represent a small part of my own experience dealing with the loss of a family member who fuelled my love for art. 

A little girl playing ‘The Lion’ in her school play refuses to return to stage and a tired unicorn appears attempting to encorage her to push through her “stage fright”. This goes on till’ ‘The Unicorn’ learns the girls grandfarther recently died and she is unsure of how to now feel about the stage since it is something she always shared with him.





‘The Lion’ puppet and snippets of charecter design. 



‘The Unicorn’ puppet.



Scenes from ‘The Lion and The Unicorn’ film and the set.


Animation test of puppet armatures.




Sketches of charecters and puppets, process of making and filming. 




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