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Ben Hackett

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The Undoor

Director: Ben Spillane

Written by: Ruairí O'Neill

Producer: Tara Farrell

DOP: Jamie Dixon

Design: Dawn Leigh, Zerica Griffin, Damien Tallon, Hannah Khan, Aoife-Joy Fitzmaurice, Hyo Graham, Ben Hackett

Editor: Annie Walsh

Sound Design: Jack Fahy

Score: Ben Spillane

Project Details

The Undoor was a collaborative project between 4th Year Film students and 1st Year Design for Stage and Screen students at IADT, based on the short story of the same name by Chris Priestly.

We followed a Victorian-inspired aesthetic, which was highly stylised and disorientating.

Role Details

In this project, I worked as part of our design team to come up with a general concept. Maud and Harriet's costumes were designed and made by me, and I constructed the internal puppet mechanisms for all four characters. I also assisted in prop-making, and got to work as a puppeteer during the shoot.

Gallery

Photographs of puppets from short film "The Undoor"

Photographs of puppets from short film "The Undoor"

Photographs of puppets from short film "The Undoor"

Photographs of puppets from short film "The Undoor"

Photographs of puppets from short film "The Undoor"

Photographs of puppets from short film "The Undoor"

Photographs of puppets from short film "The Undoor"

Photographs of puppets from short film "The Undoor"

Photographs of puppets from short film "The Undoor"

Photographs of puppets from short film "The Undoor"

Photographs of puppets from short film "The Undoor"

Bookcase prop from the short film "The Undoor"

Behind-the-scenes picture from the short film "The Undoor"

Photographs of puppets from short film "The Undoor"

Photographs of puppets from short film "The Undoor"

Costume design sketch

Costume design sketch

Photographs of puppets from short film "The Undoor"

© 2021 by Benjamin Hackett

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